The value of the greenbelt in Vienna: A spatial hedonic analysis

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 349-374

  Herath, Shanaka ^a   Choumert, Johanna ^b   Maier, Gunther ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 84939958955     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-015-0657-1     Document Type: Article

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