The evolution of the housing market and its socioeconomic impacts in the post-reform people's republic of China: A survey of the literature

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 652-670

  Chen, Jie ^a   Han, Xuehui ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b Asian Development Bank   (China)

Author keywords

Bubble; Housing market; Housing policy; Literature survey; People's Republic of China

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CHINA;

EID: 84904979464     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12076     Document Type: Article

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