Is the cross-sectional distribution of house prices close to a (log)normal distribution, as is often assumed in empirical studies on house price indexes? How does it evolve over time? How does it look like during the period of housing bubbles? To address these questions, we investigate the...

Is the cross-sectional distribution of house prices close to a lognormal distribution, as is often assumed in empirical studies on house price indexes? How does the distribution evolve over time? To address these questions, we investigate the cross-sectional distribution of house prices in the...

After the Great East Japan Earthquake, energy conservation and earthquake resistance in buildings have become matters of increasing concern for residents. In this research, an empirical analysis is conducted to measure the effect of environmental investment on housing prices, particularly those...

Chapter 1 Estimation and Applications of the Hedonic Function of Housing -- Chapter 2 Imperfect information and varying homeownership investments: utilizing deviation from the rational expectations price -- Chapter 3 Appropriate Housing Valuation using Hedonic Price Function and Promoting...