• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Estimating the Effect of Crime Risk on Property Values and Time on Market : Evidence from Megan’s Law in Virginia
  • Contributor: Brastow, Raymond T. [Author]; Waller, Bennie D. [Other]; Wentland, Scott [Other]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2012]
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (40 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1617711
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 29, 2010 erstellt
  • Description: We examine neighborhood externalities that arise from the perceived risk associated with the proximity of a registered sex offender's residence. We find large negative externality effects on a property's price and liquidity, employing empirical techniques that include a fixed-effects OLS model, a correction for sample selection bias and censoring using a Heckman treatment, and a 3SLS model to account for simultaneity bias in the joint determination of a home's sale price and liquidity. Additionally, we find amplified effects for homes with more bedrooms (a proxy for children) and if the nearby offender is designated by the state as “violent.”
  • Access State: Open Access