Bubbles in the Taiwan housing market: The determinants and effects

Habitat International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 379-390

  Tsai, I Chun ^a   Peng, Chien Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Cointegration; Housing affordability; Housing market; Panel data

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; INFLATION; MORTGAGE LENDING; PANEL DATA; POLICY REFORM; PRICE DYNAMICS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78651492515     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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