Do Open Sewers Lead to a Reduction in Housing Prices? Evidence from Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Mohammad Irfan

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Abstract: The Hedonic property value method is used to estimate how a dismenity, bad odor from an open sewer system, affects housing prices in the city of Rawalpindi in Pakistan. An estimate of the benefits of converting the open system into a closed sewer system is done. [SANDEE Working Paper, No 78–13].

Keywords: Disamenity values; Open sewer; Hedonic prices; rent Willingness-to-pay; Pakistan; environmental policies; good; housing market; prices; environmental attribute; property price; economists; economic grounds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-09
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