PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Heintzelman, Martin D.
AU  - Tuttle, Carrie M.
TI  - Values in the Wind: A Hedonic Analysis of Wind Power Facilities
AID  - 10.3368/le.88.3.571
DP  - 2012 Aug 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 571--588
VI  - 88
IP  - 3
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/88/3/571.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/88/3/571.full
SO  - Land Econ2012 Aug 01; 88
AB  - The siting of wind facilities is extremely controversial. This paper uses data on 11,331 property transactions over nine years in northern New York State to explore the effects of new wind facilities on property values. We use a fixed-effects framework to control for omitted variables and endogeneity biases. We find that nearby wind facilities significantly reduce property values in two of the three counties studied. These results indicate that existing compensation to local homeowners/communities may not be sufficient to prevent a loss of property values. (JEL Q51, Q53)