Fundamental factors in the housing markets of China

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-61

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

C51; China; Fundamental factors of demand and supply; Housing price appreciation; Housing production function; R21; R3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899811425     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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