"Ripple effects" and forecasting home prices in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Phoenix

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 763-782

  Gupta, Rangan ^a   Miller, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; LAS VEGAS; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; NEVADA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860132951     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-010-0416-2     Document Type: Article

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