Housing prices and inter-urban migration

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 296-306

  Plantinga, Andrew J ^a   Détang Dessendre, Cécile ^b   Hunt, Gary L ^c   Piguet, Virginie ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing supply and markets; Neighborhood characteristics; Population; Regional labor markets; Regional migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865752234     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: 18792308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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