Property value impacts of foreclosed housing acquisitions under uncertainty

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 292-308

  Johnson, Michael P ^a   Solak, Senay ^b   Drew, Rachel Bogardus ^a   Keisler, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development; Decision models; Foreclosed housing; Markov chains; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; HOUSING POLICY; MARKOV CHAIN; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; URBAN HOUSING;

EID: 84887026051     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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