Estimation of hedonic price functions via additive nonparametric regression

Empirical Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-114

  Martins Filho, Carlos ^a   Bin, Okmyung ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive nonparametric regression; Hedonic price models; Housing markets; Local polynomial estimation

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 17444384186     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-004-0224-6     Document Type: Article

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