The Predictive Performance of Multilevel Models of Housing Sub-markets: A Comparative Analysis

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1201-1220

  Leishman, Chris ^a   Costello, Greg ^b   Rowley, Steven ^b   Watkins, Craig ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; URBAN ECONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876029958     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012466603     Document Type: Article

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