Exploring determinants of housing prices: A case study of Chinese experience in 1999-2010

Economic Modelling

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2349-2361

  Zhang, Yanbing ^a   Hua, Xiuping ^b   Zhao, Liang ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Nottingham   (China)

^c Morgold Investment Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

China; Housing prices; Monetary policy; NARMAX

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865326771     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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