The social costs of real estate market information gaps in Ghana1

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-408

  Hammond, F Nikoi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Ghana; Information asymmetry; Land registration; Land titling; Markets; Real estate; Social costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860478096     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140600877040     Document Type: Article

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