Property price effects of a national wildlife refuge: Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1011-1019

  Neumann, Bradley C ^a   Boyle, Kevin J ^b   Bell, Kathleen P ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic model; Local property tax revenues; National Wildlife Refuge; Open space

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; LAND USE LOCATION; LAND USE PLANNING; OPEN SPACE; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROPERTY MARKET; REFUGE;

GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64049112967     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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