Historic Amenities and Housing Externalities: Evidence from the Netherlands

Economic Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 605, 2017, Pages F396-F420

  Koster, Hans R A ^a   Rouwendal, Jan ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cultural heritage; hedonic pricing; historic amenities; housing externalities

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSING MARKET; INVESTMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 85032372808     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12477     Document Type: Article

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