Spatial Hedonic Analysis of the Effects of US Wind Energy Facilities on Surrounding Property Values

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-51

  Hoen, Ben ^a   Brown, Jason P ^b   Jackson, Thomas ^c   Thayer, Mark A ^d   Wiser, Ryan ^a   Cappers, Peter ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic; Price; Property Value; Spatial; Turbines; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930678315     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-014-9477-9     Document Type: Article

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