Optimal Pricing Strategy in the Case of Price Dispersion: New Evidence from the Tokyo Housing Market

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Deng, Yongheng ^a   Gabriel, Stuart A ^b   Nishimura, Kiyohiko G ^c   Zheng, Diehang ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BANK OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d OneWest Bank   (United States)

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EID: 84871838654     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: 15406229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2012.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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