Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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971204 | Journal of Urban Economics | 2013 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Affluent towns often deliver high-quality public services to their residents. I estimate the willingness to pay to live in a high-income suburb, above and beyond the demand of wealthy neighbors, by measuring changes in housing prices across city–suburban borders as the income disparity between the two municipalities changes over time. I find that a $10,000 increase in town-level median income is associated with a seven percent increase in housing values at the border. The estimated demand for high-income municipalities is primarily driven by school quality and lower property tax rates.
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Authors
Leah Platt Boustan,