Search and matching in the housing market

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-45

  Genesove, David ^a,b   Han, Lu ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liquidity; Matching; Real estate; Search

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857983148     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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