Commuter rail accessibility and house values: The case of the Montreal South Shore, Canada, 1992-2009

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-66

  Dubé, Jean ^a   Thériault, Marius ^b   Des Rosiers, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commuter train; Difference in differences estimator; Hedonic price model; Policy evaluation; Public transportation; Spatio temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

HOUSES; TAXATION;

COMMUTER TRAINS; DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; HEDONIC PRICE MODEL; POLICY EVALUATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

COST ESTIMATING;

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84883011195     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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