A new approach for constructing home price indices: The pseudo repeat sales model and its application in China

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-38

  Guo, Xiaoyang ^a,b,c   Zheng, Siqi ^a   Geltner, David ^b   Liu, Hongyu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Hedonic; Matched sample estimation; Pseudo repeat sale index; Rapid urbanization; Repeat sale; Residential price index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897747718     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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