Seller over-pricing and listing contract length: The effects of endogenous listing contracts on housing markets

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 434-450

  Anderson, Randy I ^a   Brastow, Raymond T ^b   Turnbull, Geoffrey K ^a   Waller, Bennie D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

House liquidity; House price; List price; Listing contract; Seller pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882497558     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: 1573045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-013-9440-1     Document Type: Article

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