Climate Change and Housing Prices: Hedonic Estimates for Ski Resorts in Western North America

Butsic Van, Ellen Hanak and Robert Valletta

Land Economics, 2011, vol. 87, issue 1, 75-91

Abstract: We apply a hedonic framework to estimate and simulate the impact of global warming on real estate prices near ski resorts in the western United States and Canada. Using data on housing values for selected U.S. Census tracts and individual home sales in four locations, combined with detailed weather data and characteristics of nearby ski resorts, we find precise and consistent estimates of positive snowfall effects on housing values. Simulations based on these estimates reveal substantial heterogeneity in the likely impact of climate change across regions, including large reductions in home prices near resorts where snow reliability already is low.

JEL-codes: Q54 R21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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