Urban History Matters: Explaining the German–American Homeownership Gap

Housing Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 694-713

  Kohl, Sebastian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

homeownership; Housing tenure; path dependence; urban history

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SUBURBANIZATION; TENURE SYSTEM; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN HOUSING;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951871680     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2015.1121213     Document Type: Article

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