RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Valuing Public Goods, the Time to Capitalization, and Network Externalities: A Spatial Hedonic Regression Analysis JF Land Economics JO Land Econ FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 127 OP 144 DO 10.3368/le.93.1.127 VO 93 IS 1 A1 Adrienne Ohler A1 German Blanco YR 2017 UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/93/1/127.abstract AB Valuation studies of public goods, such as a bike trail, typically fail to consider the time to capitalization. Expanding upon previous hedonic housing models, we show that the years since development of the good is an important factor in estimating its value. Using spatial analysis for housing in Bloomington, Illinois, We find the development of a bike trail has an initial negative impact on prices, but over time the value of the trail turns positive, suggesting network effects and information costs impact valuation estimates. Additional analysis finds that networked trail access has a greater impact than nonnetworked trail access. (JEL H41, Q51)