Property Value Impacts of an Environmental Disamenity

22 Pages Posted: 14 Nov 2001

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Diane Hite

Auburn University - Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Wen S. Chern

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics

Fred Hitzhusen

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics

Alan Randall

Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics; Ohio State University - Sustainable & Resilient Economy Discovery Theme; The University of Sydney - School of Economics

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Date Written: April 12, 2000

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the property value impacts of a change in environmental quality by using the hedonic price model. In particular, we focus on the impact of the presence of landfills on nearby residential real estate prices. We combine elements of an urban location choice and hedonic pricing model to estimate the effects of the presence of multiple environmental disamenities on residential real estate prices. We explicitly account for temporal effects by including housing transactions in areas with both open and closed landfills, and control for information effects. In addition, we treat property taxes and prices as being simultaneously determined. Our analysis suggests that closing landfills will not necessarily mitigate property value impacts.

Keywords: hedonic price model, property values, externalities, environment, urban, rural, regional economics

JEL Classification: R33, Q24, H23

Suggested Citation

Hite, Diane and Chern, Wen Shyong Charlie and Hitzhusen, Fred and Randall, Alan John and Randall, Alan John, Property Value Impacts of an Environmental Disamenity (April 12, 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=290292 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.290292

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Fred Hitzhusen

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Alan John Randall

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