A spatial hedonic approach to assess the impact of swine production on residential property values

Jungik Kim, Peter Goldsmith

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Abstract

A spatial hedonic model is developed to assess monetary harm of confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on property values, taking explicitly into account spatial dependence in property values. Spatial autocorrelation was found in the form of spatial lag dependence, not spatial error dependence. When spatial lag dependence is explicitly taken into account, on average the impact coefficient estimate of a CAFO is reduced by 18%. For example, the impact on the value of the median house ($63,520) 1 mile from a swine facility with 10,000 head fell from - $6,800 to - $5,200, or 23.5%. The magnitude of the spatial autoregressive parameter was about 0.2 for the 1-mile distance band, meaning one-fifth of the house value could be explained by the values of the neighboring houses.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)509-534
Number of pages26
JournalEnvironmental and Resource Economics
Volume42
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2009

Keywords

  • CAFO
  • Confined animal feeding operations
  • Hog farms
  • Housing values
  • Odor
  • Pigs
  • Spatial autocorrelation
  • Spatial hedonics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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