Measuring the impacts of community development initiatives: A new application of the adjusted interrupted time-series method

Evaluation Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 502-538

  Galster, George ^a   Temkin, Kenneth ^b   Walker, Chris ^c   Sawyer, Noah ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kormendi/Gardner Partners   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development; Community development corporations; Housing prices; Interrupted time series; Neighborhood; Revitalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POVERTY; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

HOUSING; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 8744239413     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X04267090     Document Type: Article

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