Access to water as determinant of rental values: A housing hedonic analysis in Rwanda

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-54

  Choumert, Johanna ^a   Stage, Jesper ^b,c   Uwera, Claudine ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; Hedonic price; Non market valuation; Real estate; Rwanda; Water access

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907959175     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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