An alternative to the standard spatial econometric approaches in hedonic house price models

Land Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 386-409

  von Graevenitz, Kathrine ^a,b   Panduro, Toke Emil ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 84929670741     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.91.2.386     Document Type: Article

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