Nonlinearity of housing price structure: Assessment of three approaches to nonlinearity in the previously owned condominium market of Tokyo

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 459-488

  Shimizu, Chihiro ^a   Karato, Koji ^b   Nishimura, Kiyohiko ^c  

^a REITAKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automated valuation models; Hedonic model; Housing; Nonlinearity; Residential property price indexes handbook; Tokyo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914812590     PISSN: 17538270     EISSN: 17538289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJHMA-10-2013-0055     Document Type: Article

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