Why do the Swiss rent?

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-309

  Bourassa, Steven C ^a,b   Hoesli, Martin ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home ownership; House prices; Switzerland; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650959550     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-008-9140-4     Document Type: Article

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