The Capitalization of Building Codes in House Prices

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-50

  Dumm, Randy E ^a   Sirmans, G Stacy ^a   Smersh, Greg ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building code; Catastrophic risk; Hedonic pricing model; Housing prices; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651502440     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-009-9176-0     Document Type: Article

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