Constant-Quality House Price Indexes for Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 561-575

  Bourassa, Steven C ^a,b   Hoesli, Martin ^b,c,d   Scognamiglio, Donato ^e   Sormani, Philippe ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e IAZI/CIFI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

E31; hedonic method; house price indexes; R31; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957815978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22356282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03399266     Document Type: Article

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