"Geco" and its potential for real estate research: Evidence from the U.S. housing market

Journal of Real Estate Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-506

  Hohenstatt, Ralf ^a   Käsbauer, Manuel ^a   Schäfers, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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