The value of culture to urban housing markets

Regional Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1672-1683

  Borgoni, Riccardo ^a   Michelangeli, Alessandra ^a   Pontarollo, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

city; culture; hedonic approach; multilevel models

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ESTHETICS; GREENSPACE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN HOUSING;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN [MILANO]; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 85044232697     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1444271     Document Type: Article

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