Urban density, law and the duration of real estate leases

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-112

  Titman, Sheridan ^a   Twite, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Law; Lease duration; Real estate; Skyscrapers; Urban density

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870488250     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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