The Blessing of Dimensionality in Forecasting Real House Price Growth in the Nine Census Divisions of the U.S.

Journal of Housing Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-109

  Das, Sonali ^a   Gupta, Rangan ^b   Kabundi, Alain ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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EID: 79953043718     PISSN: 10527001     EISSN: 26911337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2010.12092016     Document Type: Article

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