Repairs under imperfect information

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-56

  Lee, Sanghoon ^a   Ries, John ^a   Somerville, C Tsuriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

House prices; Imperfect information; Repairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864819448     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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