The Effect of Power Plants on Local Housing Values and Rents
利用1990年代美国人口普查微观数据，发现发电厂周边2英里内住房价值与租金下降3%-7%，且附近居民收入、教育水平及自有住房比例略有下降。
This paper uses restricted census microdata to examine housing values and rents for neighborhoods in the United States where power plants were opened during the 1990s. Compared to neighborhoods with similar housing and demographic characteristics, neighborhoods within 2 miles of plants experienced 3%–7% decreases in housing values and rents, with some evidence of larger decreases within 1 mile and for large-capacity plants. In addition, there is evidence of taste-based sorting, with neighborhoods near plants associated with modest but statistically significant decreases in mean household income, educational attainment, and the proportion owner-occupied. © 2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.