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Measuring subjective housing affordability using a data-driven discrete information approach: A case study of Selangor, Malaysia

Jason Wei Jian Nga Department of Applied Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, MalaysiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6832-6267View further author information
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Tomáš Želinskýb School of Education, Durham University, Durham, UK;c Faculty of Economics, Technical University Košice, Košice, SlovakiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Catherine S. Forbesd Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-5865View further author information
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Cash Hao Looid Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-7219-2753View further author information
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Published online: 07 May 2023

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