The Impact Of Crime On Apartment Prices: Evidence From Stockholm, Sweden

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-103

  Ceccato, Vânia ^a   Wilhelmsson, Mats ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GIS; Hedonic modelling; Offences; Residential property value; Spatial modelling; Stockholm

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; GIS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRICE DETERMINATION; PROPERTY MARKET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 79952298596     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2011.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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