Accounting for Heterogeneity of Public Lands in Hedonic Property Models
研究发现，将公共开放空间视为同质会高估邻近住宅的收益，因为忽略了噪音密集型活动的负面影响；以皮克国家森林为例，基于土地利用特征细分后，两英里内的住宅收益被高估。
Open space lands, national forests in particular, are usually treated as homogeneous entities in hedonic price studies. Failure to account for the heterogeneous nature of public open spaces may result in inappropriate inferences about the benefits of proximate location to such lands. In this study the hedonic price method is used to estimate the marginal values for proximity to the Pike National Forest. The results indicate that specifying the forest as homogeneous overstates the benefits for homes within two miles relative to specifying the forest based on land use characteristics, because the significant negative effect from noise-intensive activities is omitted. <i></i>