Using stochastic frontier models to mitigate omitted variable bias in hedonic pricing models: A case study for air quality in Bogotá, Colombia

Ecological Economics

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-88

  Carriazo, Fernando ^a   Ready, Richard ^b   Shortle, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Hedonic pricing model; Omitted variables; Stochastic frontier model

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; STOCHASTICITY;

BOGOTA; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84877911459     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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