Determinants of Housing Prices in Hong Kong: A Box-Cox Quantile Regression Approach

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 270-287

  Kim, Hyung Gun ^a   Hung, Kwong Chin ^b   Park, Sung Y ^c  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Box Cox quantile regression; Hedonic price function; Housing price; Model comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894616142     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: 1573045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-014-9456-1     Document Type: Article

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