Quantifying and explaining stickiness in housing rents: A Turkish case study with micro-level data

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-74

  Aysoy, Cem ^a   Aysoy, Cevriye ^a   Tumen, Semih ^a  

^a CENTRAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Grid pricing; Housing rents; Nominal rigidities; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899796513     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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