Variation in Valuation: Open Space and Geography

Alex Blanchette, Corey Lang and Jarron VanCeylon

Land Economics, 2021, vol. 97, issue 4, 768-780

Abstract: We estimate hedonic valuation models of local open space separately for 215 cities in the eastern United States and derive city-specific marginal willingness to pay (MWTP). We then examine variation in MWTP and city-level determinants. Valuation is largely local–relatively large changes in income or existing conservation lead to modest changes in MWTP–suggesting validity of benefit transfer across regions. However, geographic features that naturally limit development correlate with MWTP. As a result, we examine geographic features as instrumental variables and find that on average steep slope and water/wetlands yield valuation coefficients of opposite sign, consistent with a local average treatment effect interpretation.

JEL-codes: Q24 Q51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.97.4.011720-0005R
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