The spillovers and heterogeneous responses of housing prices: a GVAR analysis of China's 35 major cities

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 535-558

  Yu, Huayi ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

GVAR model; interest rate policies; regional divergences; spillovers of housing prices

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING PROVISION; INTEREST RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DETERMINATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84943359527     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: 14699648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2015.1045527     Document Type: Article

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