Does cleanup of hazardous waste sites raise housing values? Evidence of spatially localized benefits

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-360

  Gamper Rabindran, Shanti ^a   Timmins, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste remediation; Hedonic property method; Heterogeneous treatment effects; Localized public goods

Indexed keywords

CENSUS TRACTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; HEDONIC PROPERTY METHOD; POINT ESTIMATE; PUBLIC GOODS; TREATMENT EFFECTS; VALUE DISTRIBUTION;

HOUSES; SURVEYS;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

CLEANUP; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PUBLIC GOODS; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84877924020     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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