Spatial dependence in hedonic property models: Do different corrections for spatial dependence result in economically significant differences in estimated implicit prices?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-231

  Mueller, Julie M ^a   Loomis, John B ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability

Author keywords

Forest fires; Hedonic property models; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249160541     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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