The aroma of Tacoma: Time-varying average derivatives and the effect of a superfund site on house prices

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-246

  McMillen, Daniel P ^a   Thorsnes, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

House price index; Nonparametric; Semiparametric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037386485     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500103288618927     Document Type: Article

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