How do transport infrastructure and policies affect house prices and rents? Evidence from Athens, Greece

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-22

  Efthymiou, D ^a,b   Antoniou, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Athens; Greece; Real estate models; Spatial econometric models; Transport infrastructure policies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HOUSES; LAND USE; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROLLEY CARS;

ATHENS; GREECE; REAL ESTATE; SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC MODELS; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE;

COSTS;

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSING MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84878504251     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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