Changes in implicit flood risk premiums: Empirical evidence from the housing market

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-376

  Bin, Okmyung ^a   Landry, Craig E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability bias; Flood hazards; Hedonic prices; Risk premiums; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; FLOOD HAZARDS; HEDONIC PRICES; HOUSING MARKETS; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK PREMIUM; SPATIAL REGRESSION; VALUATION MODEL;

COMMERCE; COSTS; HAZARDS; HURRICANES; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SALES; STORMS;

FLOODS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOOD; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; HURRICANE FLOYD 1999; HURRICANE FRAN 1996; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; VALUATION; WAKE;

NORTH CAROLINA; PITT COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877925818     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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