Improved price index for condominiums

Journal of Property Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-60

  Song, Han Suck ^a   Wilhelmsson, Mats ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apartment; Contract date; Moving window regression; Price index; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; PROPERTY MARKET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77957782882     PISSN: 09599916     EISSN: 14664453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09599916.2010.500394     Document Type: Article

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