What Drives China's House Prices: Marriage or Money?

China and World Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 19-36

  Zhang, Chengsi ^a   An, Guojun ^b   Yu, Xin ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gender imbalance; House prices; Marriage competition; Money; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864527896     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2012.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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