Maintaining public goods: The capitalized value of local park renovations

Land Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 96-116

  Livy, Mitchell R ^a   Allen Klaiber, H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN SPACE; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC SPACE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; VALUATION;

EID: 84956885695     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.92.1.96     Document Type: Article

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