In this paper we revisit the many studies that have attempted to explain the determinants of commercial real estate capitalization rates. We introduce two new innovations. First we are able to incorporate two macroeconomic factors that greatly impact cap rates besides treasury rates and local...

This research examines housing market price efficiency across locations within a metropolitan market the hallmark of hedonic theory. Our innovation is to introduce temporal as well as spatial considerations of price efficiency. In an efficient market, the price (level) of housing must not only...

This paper examines how communities will behave if they are given the option of taxing the property of commercial establishments (factories, shopping centers, office buildings, etc) at different rates from residential housing. In the last 2 decades many states have enacted legislation which...

In this paper we revisit the many studies that have attempted to explain the determinants of commercial real estate capitalization rates. We introduce two new innovations. First we are able to incorporate two macroeconomic factors that greatly impact cap rates besides treasury rates and local...

This research examines the relationship between hedonically controlled housing price levels and subsequent changes in those prices across locations within MSAs. Our hedonic controls are extensive and so we ask whether between observationally equivalent houses those with higher prices have...