The hedonic property value model is among our foremost tools for evaluating the economic
consequences of policies that target the supply of local public goods, environmental …

This paper uses one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the US, Andrew in 1992, to define a
quasi-random experiment that permits estimation of the responses of housing values to …

This paper examines whether a severe flood causes homeowners to update their
assessment of flood risk as seen in a change in the price of floodplain property. I use data on …

We examine the determinants of environmental regulatory activity (inspections and
enforcement actions) and levels of air and water pollution for 409 US pulp and paper mills …

The environmental gentrification hypothesis predicts that environmental quality
improvements in poor communities may spur gentrification and the displacement of …

It is generally assumed that all Superfund sites negatively impact property values, that the
impact is similar for all sites, and that the impact disappears once the site has been cleaned …

Studies have found that severely contaminated properties, such as those on the US EPA's
National Priority List (NPL), reduce the value of nearby single-family homes. However, the …

Concerns over urban blight, environmental degradation, climate change, inner-city
unemployment, and a host of other socio-economic and environmental problems have …

The logic of this mechanism suggests that, by the same token, when pollution is cleaned up,
property values will rise and wealthier households may move back in. If the poor residents …

Abstract In April 2014 Flint, Michigan switched its drinking water supply from the Detroit
water system to the Flint River as a temporary means to save 5million.Over18monthsitwasrevealedthattheswitche …