A geographically weighted regression approach to investigating local built-environment effects on home prices in the housing downturn, recovery, and subsequent increases

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 1283-1302

  Wang, Chih Hao ^a   Chen, Na ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; GWR; Hedonic pricing theory; Housing recession; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HOUSING;

COLUMBUS [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85083769265     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: 15737772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-020-09742-8     Document Type: Article

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