Impact of socio-economic variables on property construction cost: Evidence from Italy

International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 9407-9420

  Canesi, Rubina ^a   Antoniucci, Valentina ^a   Marella, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Construction cost; Education index; Externalities; Human capital; Real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011357462     PISSN: 09727302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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