Architectural Design and the Value of Housing in Riga, Latvia

International Real Estate Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-131

  Plaut, Steven ^a   Uzulena, Egita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

architecture; Hedonic models; pricing; Riga; transitional economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052556923     PISSN: 21548919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.53383/100071     Document Type: Article

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