The Impacts of Underground Petroleum Releases on a Homeowner’s Decision to Sell: A Difference-in-Differences Approach

Dennis B. Guignet and Adan L. Martinez-Cruz

No 280933, National Center for Environmental Economics-NCEE Working Papers from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Abstract: Actual and perceived damages from environmental disamenities may disrupt a household’s otherwise optimal decision of when to sell their home. This study examines this relatively under-investigated topic with an empirical application to petroleum releases from leaking underground storage tanks, like those commonly found at gas stations. The ubiquity and relative homogeneity of this potential disamenity facilitates a difference-in-differences methodology. The results reveal that the optimal timing of home sales is impacted by leak and cleanup events at these disamenities; leading to both selling sooner and delaying a sale, depending on the event, presence of the primary exposure pathway, and the quality of the home. The implications of these results are discussed.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37
Date: 2016-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.280933

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