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Short Holds, the Distributions of First and Second Sales, and Bias in the Repeat-Sales Price Index

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Guelph and Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

    Marion Steele

  2. Department of Consumer Studies, University of Guelph, Canada

    Richard Goy

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Steele, M., Goy, R. Short Holds, the Distributions of First and Second Sales, and Bias in the Repeat-Sales Price Index. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 14, 133–154 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007780219924

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