Capitalization of secondary school education into property values: A case study in Hong Kong

Habitat International

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-22

  Jayantha, Wadu Mesthrige ^a   Lam, Siu Oi ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capitalization; Hong Kong; Property values; Quality school network

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; HOUSING MARKET; INVESTMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84938069093     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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