The windy city: Property value impacts of wind turbines in an urban setting

Energy Economics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 413-421

  Lang, Corey ^a   Opaluch, James J ^a   Sfinarolakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic valuation; Rhode Island; Viewshed; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; WIND POWER;

DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES MODELS; HOUSE PRICES; LOWER BOUNDS; POST CONSTRUCTION; PROPERTY VALUE IMPACTS; RHODE ISLAND; URBAN SETTINGS; VIEWSHED;

WIND TURBINES;

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; URBAN AREA; VALUATION; VIEWSHED; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903159801     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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