Real estate bubbles in China: A tale of two cities

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 951-961

  Hui, Eddie Chi Man ^a   Liang, Cong ^a   Wang, Ziyou ^a   Song, Bo Tong ^b   Gu, Q ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Housing price bubble; housing research; price to income ratio; state space model

Indexed keywords

GUANGZHOU; HOUSING MARKETS; HOUSING PRICES; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY MAKING; PRICE TO INCOME RATIO; REAL ESTATE BUBBLE; REAL ESTATE MARKET; RISK MODEL; STATE SPACE MODEL; TIME VARYING; URBAN CHINAS;

COMMERCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE SPACE METHODS;

HOUSING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN HOUSING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; SHENZHEN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84868297973     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.714871     Document Type: Article

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