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On the price of land and the value of amenities

Cheshire, Paul and Sheppard, Stephen Charles (1995) On the price of land and the value of amenities. Economica, 62 (246). pp. 247-267. ISSN 0013-0427

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Abstract

A house represents not only a bundle of structural characteristics but also a set of location specific characteristics. Adding locational coordinates and site area to other house characteristics makes it possible to estimate a land rent surface as well as the hedonic prices attached to local patterns of land use and other neighbourhood characteristics. One can then estimate how the value of such location-specific characteristics are capitalized into land prices. This analysis, illustrated with estimates based on data from two British towns, has a number of wider implications. It generates a more parsimonious method of estimating amenity values. It also reveals likely systematic biases produced by conventional hedonic studies which exclude land and location. Finally, it clarifies the conceptual definition of land and suggests that monocentric models can perform well despite recent criticism.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(IS...
Additional Information: © 1995 The London School of Economics and Political Science
Divisions: European Institute
Geography & Environment
Spatial Economics Research Centre
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Date Deposited: 13 Aug 2013 14:28
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 12:16
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/51679

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