The responsiveness of Hong Kong private residential housing prices

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-36

  Lam, Kwok Chiu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gross Domestic Product; Hong Kong; House Price Responsiveness; Household; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979807259     PISSN: 21464138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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