The capitalization of green labels in the California housing market

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-34

  Kahn, Matthew E ^a   Kok, Nils ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

California; Green homes; Hedonics; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; IDEOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906942239     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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