The impact of Superfund sites on local property values: Are all sites the same?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-192

  Kiel, Katherine A ^a   Williams, Michael ^b  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^b State Street Bank ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic regressions; Meta analysis; Property values

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751338269     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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