How Much Is a Good School Worth in Beijing? Identifying Price Premium with Paired Resale and Rental Data

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 184-199

  Zheng, Siqi ^a   Hu, Wanyang ^a   Wang, Rui ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing; Home price premium; Key Primary School; Paired data; Rent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935120452     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: 1573045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-015-9513-4     Document Type: Article

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