Can a Book About Hedonics Be a Bestseller?

Are there too many edited volumes in academic economics? Does their existence increase or decrease the stock of academic knowledge? There appears to be an uncountable number of them being written and published at any point in time. An optimistic would say that the "safe" (no rejection letters) setting offered by a conference volume encourages authors to play less golf and consult a pinch less as people try to write a new paper. A pessimist would ask about opportunity cost and would encourage folks to focus their efforts on publishing in the rigorous peer review process.


The Next Freakonomics?


Hedonic Methods in Housing Markets Pricing Environmental Amenities and Segregation

Publisher Springer New York
DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-76815-1
Copyright 2008
ISBN 978-0-387-76814-4 (Print) 978-0-387-76815-1 (Online)


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11 Chapters
Front Matter
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I-XXI
I
Methods

Chapter
Introduction
Andrea Baranzini, José V. Ramirez, Caroline Schaerer and Philippe Thalmann
PDF (249.8 KB)
1-12
Chapter
Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Developments in Hedonic Modeling
Laura O. Taylor
PDF (332.0 KB)
15-37
Chapter
Hedonic Modeling of the Home Selling Process
John R. Knight
PDF (320.0 KB)
39-54
II
Applications to Urban Environment Issues

Chapter
Hedonic Property Value Studies of Transportation Noise: Aircraft and Road Traffic
Jon P. Nelson
PDF (327.4 KB)
57-82
Chapter
Pricing the Homebuyer’s Countryside View
Jean Cavailhès, Thierry Brossard, Mohamed Hilal, Daniel Joly, François-Pierre Tourneux, Céline Tritz and Pierre Wavresky
PDF (278.2 KB)
83-99
Chapter
Semi-Parametric Tools for Spatial Hedonic Models: An Introduction to Mixed Geographically Weighted Regression and Geoadditive Models
Ghislain Geniaux and Claude Napoléone
PDF (470.1 KB)
101-127
Chapter
Estimating Hedonic Models of Consumer Demand with an Application to Urban Sprawl
Patrick Bajari and Matthew E. Kahn
PDF (280.8 KB)
129-155
III
Applications to Segregation and Discrimination Issues

Chapter
Conceptual and Operational Issues in Incorporating Segregation Measurements in Hedonic Price Modeling
David W. S. Wong
PDF (350.7 KB)
159-175
Chapter
Using Hedonic Models to Measure Racial Discrimination and Prejudice in the U.S. Housing Market
Jeffrey E. Zabel
PDF (295.2 KB)
177-201
Chapter
The Problem with Environmental Justice Studies (And How Hedonics Can Help)
Diane Hite
PDF (314.7 KB)
203-224
Chapter
Distinguishing Racial Preferences in the Housing Market: Theory and Evidence
Patrick Bayer and Robert McMillan
PDF (400.9 KB)
225-244
Back Matter
PDF (392.1 KB)
245-278
11 Chapters