The impact of rail transport on real estate prices: An empirical analysis of the Dutch housing market

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 997-1015

  Debrezion, Ghebreegziabiher ^a   Pels, Eric ^a   Rietveld, Piet ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79953196474     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010371395     Document Type: Article

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