Are the Effects of Opening New Mass Rapid Transit Segments in Taiwan on Nearby Housing Prices Positive?

Lee Ming-Te, Lee Ming-Long and Ya-Ting Cheng

Prague Economic Papers, 2023, vol. 2023, issue 1, 84-106

Abstract: This study evaluates the effects of opening new segments of mass rapid transit (MRT) lines on housing prices near the MRT stations in Tucheng District and Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The effect of proximity to each MRT station is estimated separately with difference-in-differences regressions integrated with spatial econometrics with heteroscedasticity-robust standard errors. The opening of the new segment of the Blue Line, also known as Bannan Line of the Taipei Metro, does not significantly influence housing prices within 600-metre road network distance of the MRT stations, compared to prices outside the distance range. In contrast, and also unlike the findings of prior studies, although the segment and the stations are underground structures, the opening of the new segment of the Orange Line, also known as the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line of the Taipei Metro, significantly decreases housing prices within 600-metre road network distance of the MRT stations, compared to prices outside the distance range, perhaps because the opening of the stations is delayed about one and a half years to be used as a temporary storage area for MRT trains. The findings have implications for homebuyers, investors, mortgage lending institutions and tax assessment authorities.

Keywords: Hedonic pricing model; housing price; mass rapid transit; public transport; spatial regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 G21 H20 R31 R40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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