The Impacts of EPCS on Prague’s Residential Market Rents
By: Tomáš Podškubka, Barbora Rýdlová, Josef Arlt and Tomáš Krabec
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jeb-2026-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2233-1999
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 72
Published on: Jun 6, 2026
Published by: University of Sarajevo
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