Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
-in-differences approach, we find that Fukushima reduced house prices near nuclear power plants that were in operation before Fukushima by … almost 6%. House prices near sites that were shut down right after the accident even fell by 10.8%. Our results suggest that … economic reasons are of prime importance for the observed fall in house prices near nuclear power plants …