The impact of hazardous industrial facilities on housing prices: A comparison of parametric and semiparametric hedonic price models

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-107

  Grislain Letrémy, Céline ^a,b,c   Katossky, Arthur ^d,e  

^a INSEE   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conditionally parametric regression; Hedonic analysis; Industrial risk; Urban housing markets

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODEL TEST; URBAN HOUSING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84907527425     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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