Impact of Number of Bidders on Sale Price of Auctioned Condominium Apartments in Stockholm

International Real Estate Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 274-295

  Hungria Gunnelin, Rosane ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Number of bidders; Price effect; Real estate auction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982873584     PISSN: 21548919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.53383/100174     Document Type: Article

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