The Impact of Property Condition Disclosure Laws on Housing Prices: Evidence from an Event Study Using Propensity Scores

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-109

  Nanda, Anupam ^a   Ross, Stephen L ^b  

^a University of Connecticut ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Event study; Housing price index; Propensity score matching; Property condition disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862631638     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-009-9206-y     Document Type: Article

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