Valuing urban accessibility and air quality in Sweden: A regional welfare analysis

Chuan-Zhong Li () and Gunnar Isacsson ()
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Gunnar Isacsson: Department of Economics, Dalarna University, VTI, Borlänge

No 2009:2, Working Paper Series from Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the implicit values of urban accessibility and air quality in Sweden. Based on the hedonic wage and rent theory, we construct an econometric model to compute such values, and illustrate their implications for regional sustainability analysis. It is shown that for most Swedish cities, welfare has increased from 1986 to 1998 due to improved air quality but the positive effect is partly offset by the deteriorated accessibility in some areas. The results also indicate that the values people place on urban accessibility and air quality vary considerably across regions.

Keywords: hedonic pricing; air quality; urban accessibility; welfare analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q51 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-03-20
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