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A Landfill Closure And Housing Values

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The United States disposes roughly 60% of the municipal solid waste it generates each year in solid waste disposal facilities, commonly known as landfills. Hedonic pricing studies have estimated the external costs of landfills on neighboring housing markets, but the literature is silent on what happens to property values after the landfill closes. Original housing price data collected both before and after a landfill closure are used to estimate how a landfill closure affects neighboring property values. Results of both a hedonic pricing model and a repeat‐sales estimator are used in the analysis. (JEL H42, H72, Q51, Q53, R21)

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  • Thomas C. Kinnaman, 2009. "A Landfill Closure And Housing Values," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 27(3), pages 380-389, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:27:y:2009:i:3:p:380-389
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2008.00143.x
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    JEL classification:

    • H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods
    • H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand

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