Motivations for Equity Borrowing: A Welfare-switching Effect

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2588-2607

  Wood, Gavin ^a   Parkinson, Sharon ^a   Searle, Beverley ^b   Smith, Susan J ^c,d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING; HOUSING MARKET; MARKET SYSTEM; PANEL DATA; SAVINGS; STANDARD (REGULATION);

AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84881057921     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013477706     Document Type: Article

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