The Limits and Potentials of the Housing Market Enabling Paradigm: An Evaluation of China's Housing Policies from 1998 to 2011

Housing Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-68

  Cao, J Albert ^a   Keivani, Ramin ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; housing demand; Housing policy; housing supply; institutional; market enabling

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; LOW INCOME HOUSING; SOCIAL HOUSING;

CHINA;

EID: 84892668442     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2013.818619     Document Type: Article

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