Spatial effects and non-linearity in hedonic modeling: Will large data sets change our assumptions?

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 32-49

  Cajias, Marcelo ^a   Ertl, Sebastian ^b  

^a Department of Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalized additive model (GAM); Geographically weighted regression (GWR); German residential market; Hedonic model; Housing; Semi parametric regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041730524     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JPIF-10-2016-0080     Document Type: Article

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