The dynamics of house price responsiveness and locational sorting: Evidence from air quality changes

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-82

  Lang, Corey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Capitalization; Hedonic valuation; Price dynamics; Sorting

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMENITY; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING MARKET; PRICE DYNAMICS; VALUATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924962177     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: 18792308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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