Does the Measurement of Property and Structural Characteristics Affect Estimated Implicit Prices for Environmental Amenities in a Hedonic Model?

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 303-318

  Boyle, Kevin J ^a   Taylor, Laura O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent validity; Environmental amenities; Hedonics; Measurement error; Water clarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035588479     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007855901029     Document Type: Article

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