The capitalization of school quality into house values: A review

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-48

  Nguyen Hoang, Phuong ^a   Yinger, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic models; House prices; School quality capitalization; Sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953049790     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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