Genetics, Homeownership, and Home Location Choice

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-111

  Cronqvist, Henrik ^a   Münkel, Florian ^b   Siegel, Stephan ^b  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Home location choice; Homeownership; Housing; Real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892483564     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-012-9373-0     Document Type: Article

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