Is there a Bubble in the Chinese Housing Market?

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-39

  Dreger, Christian ^a   Zhang, Yanqun ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese economy; house price bubbles; panel cointegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876134904     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2012.711248     Document Type: Article

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