The impact of geographically defined school zones on house prices in New Zealand

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-336

  Rehm, Michael ^a   Filippova, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Pricing; Property; Schools; Zones (administration)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031877     PISSN: 17538270     EISSN: 17538289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538270810908623     Document Type: Article

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