Private residential price indices in Singapore: A matching approach

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 485-494

  Deng, Yongheng ^a   McMillen, Daniel P ^b   Sing, Tien Foo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

House prices; Matching; Price index; Repeat sales

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROPERTY MARKET; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84857452663     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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