U.S. housing prices and the Fukushima nuclear accident

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 309-326

  Fink, Alexander ^a   Stratmann, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fukushima; Hedonic prices; Housing; Nuclear accident; Updating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937839385     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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