Vacancy chains and the degree of mobility in the housing market

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 569-583

  Ben Shahar, Danny ^a   Sulganik, Eyal ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA   (Israel)

Author keywords

J60; R23

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; MARKET TRANSITION; MOBILITY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 80955166924     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-010-0395-3     Document Type: Article

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