The estimation and determinants of the price elasticity of housing supply: Evidence from China

Journal of Real Estate Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-344

  Wang, Songtao ^a   Chan, Su Han ^b   Xu, Bohua ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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