Boom and bust in the Estonian real estate market and the role of land tax as a buffer

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 392-400

  Cocconcelli, Luca ^a   Medda, Francesca Romana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cointegration; House prices; Land tax; Rents; Speculative bubble; Unit root

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; LAND MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENTAL SECTOR; TAX SYSTEM;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84860870185     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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