High vacancy rates and rising house prices: The spanish paradox

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-71

  Hoekstra, Joris ^a   Vakili zad, Cyrus ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Housing bubble; Housing market analysis; Spain; Vacant dwellings; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651063970     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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