Regional House Prices and the Ripple Effect in Malaysia

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 895-922

  Lean, Hooi Hooi ^a   Smyth, Russell ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; HOUSING MARKET; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LOCATION THEORY; PRICE DETERMINATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; TERRACE;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84875329465     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012459582     Document Type: Article

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