The responsiveness of house prices to macroeconomic forces: A cross-country comparison

International Journal of Housing Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 385-416

  Kasparova, Diana ^a   White, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Economic convergence; EMU; ERM; Error correction mechanism; Granger causality; Housing markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978953924     PISSN: 14616718     EISSN: 14733269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616710110091561     Document Type: Article

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