Explaining the spatial variation in housing prices: An economic geography approach

Applied Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1673-1689

  de Bruyne, Karolien ^a,b   van Hove, Jan ^a,b  

^a CREME GIC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

distance; geography; housing prices; spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAVEL TIME;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS; WALLONIA;

EID: 84859634299     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.636021     Document Type: Article

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