Climate change and housing prices: Hedonic estimates for ski resorts in western North America

Land Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-91

  Butsic, Van ^a   Hanak, Ellen ^b   Valletta, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HOUSING MARKET; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SNOW; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650230535     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.87.1.75     Document Type: Article

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