Impact of crime on spatial analysis of house prices: evidence from a UK city
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Title: | Impact of crime on spatial analysis of house prices: evidence from a UK city |
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Authors: | McIlhatton, David | McGreal, William | Taltavull de La Paz, Paloma | Adair, Alastair |
Research Group/s: | Economía de la Vivienda y Sector Inmobiliario (ECOVISI) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Análisis Económico Aplicado |
Keywords: | Crime | Modelling | House prices | Residential | Externality | Spatial analysis |
Knowledge Area: | Economía Aplicada |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Emerald |
Citation: | International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. 2016, 9(4): 627-647. doi:10.1108/IJHMA-10-2015-0065 |
Abstract: | Purpose – There is a lack of understanding in the literature on the spatial relationships between crime and house price. This paper aims to test the impact of spatial effects in the housing market, how these are related to the incidence of crime and whether effects vary by the type of crime. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis initially explores univariate and bivariate spatial patterns in crime and house price data for the Belfast Metropolitan Area using Moran’s I and Local Indicator Spatial Association (LISA) models, and secondly uses spatial autoregression models to estimate the role of crime on house prices. A spatially weighted two-stage least-squares model is specified to analyse the joint impact of crime variables. The analysis is cross sectional, based on a panel of data. Findings – The paper illustrates that the pricing impact of crime is complex and varies by type of crime, property type and location. It is shown that burglary and theft are associated with higher-income neighbourhoods, whereas violence against persons, criminal damage and drugs offences are mainly associated with lower-priced neighbourhoods. Spatial error effects are reduced in models based on specific crime variables. Originality/value – The originality of this paper is the application of spatial analysis in the study of the impact of crime upon house prices. Criticisms of hedonic price models are based on unexplained error effects; the significance of this paper is the reduction of spatial error effects achievable through the analysis of crime data. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/66092 |
ISSN: | 1753-8270 (Print) | 1753-8289 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1108/IJHMA-10-2015-0065 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-10-2015-0065 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - ECOVISI - Artículos de Revistas |
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