School district quality and property values: Examining differences along school district boundaries

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-25

  Dhar, Paramita ^a   Ross, Stephen L ^b  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

District boundaries; Housing price; Omitted neighborhood attributes; School district performance; Test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155154456     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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