RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effects of Flood Hazards on Property Values: Evidence Before and After Hurricane Floyd
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 490
OP 500
DO 10.2307/3655805
VO 80
IS 4
A1 Bin, Okmyung
A1 Polasky, Stephen
YR 2004
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/80/4/490.abstract
AB This study uses a hedonic property price function to estimate the effects of flood hazards on residential property value. Utilizing data from sales of 8,000 single-family residential homes between 1992 and 2002 in Pitt County, North Carolina, an area that experienced significant flooding from Hurricane Floyd in September 1999, we find that a house located within a floodplain has a lower market value than an equivalent house located outside the floodplain. Furthermore, the price discount from locating within a floodplain is significantly larger after Hurricane Floyd than before. (JEL Q54)