The plane of living and the precrisis evolution of housing values in the USA

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 739-773

  Carruthers, John ^a   Mulligan, Gordon F ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenities; Housing; Quality of life; Spatial econometric analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; ECONOMETRICS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSING; MODELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863446931     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbr045     Document Type: Article

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