Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2021
Department
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Abstract
We estimate hedonic valuation models of local open space separately for 215 cities in the Eastern US, and derive city-specific marginal willingness to pay (MWTP). We then examine variation in MWTP and city-level determinants. Valuation is largely local – relatively large changes in income or existing conservation lead to modest changes in MWTP – suggesting validity of benefit transfer across regions. However, geographic features that naturally limit development do correlate with MWTP. As a result, we examine geographic features as instrumental variables, and find that on average steep slope and water/wetlands yield valuation coefficients of opposite sign, consistent with a LATE interpretation.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Land Economics
Volume
97
Issue
4
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Blanchette, A., Lang, C., & VanCeylon, J. (2021). Variation in Valuation: Open Space and Geography. Land Ecnomics, 97(4), 768-780. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.97.4.011720-0005R
Available at: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.97.4.011720-0005R
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