Forgetting the flood? An analysis of the flood risk discount over time

Land Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-596

  Atreya, Ajita ^a   Ferreira, Susana ^a   Kriesel, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PROPERTY MARKET; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DOUGHERTY COUNTY; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886912215     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.89.4.577     Document Type: Article

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