Sometimes close is good enough: The value of nearby environmental amenities

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 931-951

  Schmidt, Lucie ^a   Courant, Paul N ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; DIFFERENTIATION; LOCATION DECISION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINIMUM WAGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33750064546     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2006.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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