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Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Housing

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  • Svante Mandell
  • Mats Wilhelmsson

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This paper analyzed the differences between house buyers when valuing environmental characteristics associated with the house. The theoretical framework used is based on hedonic modeling, but the second stage is estimated by assuming a translog utility function. This technique is used to estimate the non-marginal willingness to pay for environmental housing attributes and whether an environmentally aware household has a higher willingness to pay or not. The findings reveal that there is a positive willingness to pay for environmental attributes and it is higher for households who (state that they) are environmentally aware. These results may justify policy measures such as information campaigns.

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  • Svante Mandell & Mats Wilhelmsson, 2011. "Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Housing," Journal of Housing Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 35-51, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjrhxx:v:20:y:2011:i:1:p:35-51
    DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2011.12092034
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    2. Carolin Pommeranz & Bertram I. Steininger, 2021. "What Drives the Premium for Energy-Efficient Apartments – Green Awareness or Purchasing Power?," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 62(2), pages 220-241, February.
    3. Carolin Pommeranz & Bertram Ingolf Steininger, 2018. "Willingness or Market Power: What Induces Tenants to Pay for Energy Efficient Housing?," ERES eres2018_134, European Real Estate Society (ERES).
    4. Hårsman, Björn & Daghbashyan, Zara & Chaudhary, Parth, 2016. "On the Quality and Impact of Residential Energy Performance Certificates," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 429, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
    5. Thorsnes, Paul & Bishop, Tim, 2013. "The value of basic building code insulation," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 68-81.
    6. Pride, Dominique & Little, Joseph & Mueller-Stoffels, Marc, 2018. "The value of residential energy efficiency in interior Alaska: A hedonic pricing analysis," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 450-460.
    7. Gjestland, Arnstein & McArthur, David Philip & Osland, Liv & Thorsen, Inge, 2014. "The suitability of hedonic models for cost-benefit analysis: Evidence from commuting flows," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 136-151.

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    JEL classification:

    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand

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