Asymmetric information and list-price reductions in the housing market

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 507-520

  de Wit, Erik R ^a,c   Van der Klaauw, Bas ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QuantFinance ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C41; D82; Duration analysis; R21; R31; Selectivity; Time on the market; Transaction prices

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSING MARKET; MODEL TEST; PRICE DETERMINATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84875796196     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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