The alternative financialization of the German housing market

Housing Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 968-989

  Wijburg, Gertjan ^a   Aalbers, Manuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

financialization; Germany; listed real estate firms; political economy; private equity and hedge funds; privatization

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; DEBT; FINANCE; HOUSING MARKET; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL HOUSING;

GERMANY;

EID: 85013755367     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1291917     Document Type: Article

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