Measuring the contribution of water and green space amenities to housing values: An application and comparison of spatially weighted hedonic models

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 485-507

  Cho, Seong Hoon ^a   Bowker, J M ^b   Park, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic model; Locally weighted regression; Park; Spatial; Water bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846456626     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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