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Pricing Coastal Amenities and Flood Hazards

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  • Zhenshan Chen
  • Charles A. Towe

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Coastlines bring precious amenities to residents, but they also have significant and growing risks from storms and rising sea levels. Disentangling these amenities and risks is of ever-increasing importance to the public and policy makers. Evaluating the most tangible aspect of coastal living in New England, we present a scalable way to construct parcel-specific measures of coastal amenities. Estimates suggest that good coastal amenities, represented by unobstructed ocean views, add about 33%–69% to property prices. Coastal hazard effects are separated from the amenities: the flood zone discounts in coastal Connecticut and Massachusetts are generally low.

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  • Zhenshan Chen & Charles A. Towe, 2024. "Pricing Coastal Amenities and Flood Hazards," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 100(1), pages 109-126.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:100:y:2024:i:1:p:109-126
    Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.100.1.102022-0085R
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    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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