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The Capitalization of Public Services and Amenities into Land Prices – Empirical Evidence from German Communities

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Applying the hedonic approach to land prices, this paper investigates the capitalization of public services and pure amenities in a cross section of German communities. Possible spill-over effects from neighboring municipalities are explicitly included in the analysis and prove to be of considerable importance. Estimates of the impacts of local attributes on land prices are obtained taking into account the spatial structure among unobserved variables. The results confirm that differences in land prices can largely be attributed to local conditions and policies. This implies a significant degree of mobility as well as a sizeable valuation of local attributes by German households.

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  • Alexander Ebertz, 2008. "The Capitalization of Public Services and Amenities into Land Prices – Empirical Evidence from German Communities," ifo Working Paper Series 63, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.
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    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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