Are house prices too high in China?

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1206-1210

  Shen, Ling ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Growth; Housing affordability; Price to income ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867638741     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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