TABLE 9 Robustness Checks: Alternative Land Cover Assignments
Variable (Dependent Variable = ln(Sale price))Tighter Sales Windows around all Three NLCDsOnly 1992 and 2006 NLCDsOnly 1992 and 2006 and Tighter Sales Windows
Percentage of view in farmland0.00180 (0.00111)0.00326*** (0.000642)0.00442** (0.00189)
Percentage of 200 m buffer in farmland0.00345*** (0.000550)0.00213*** (0.000334)0.00176* (0.00095)
Percentage of view in forest-0.00468*** (0.000799)-0.00401*** (0.000455)-0.00589*** (0.00139)
Percentage of 200 m buffer in forest0.00358*** (0.000329)0.00156*** (0.000176)0.00372*** (0.00056)
Percentage of view in grassy lands-0.000460 (0.00092)-0.000374 (0.000526)-0.00153 (0.000157)
Percentage of 200 m buffer in grassy lands0.00171*** (0.000308)0.00195*** (0.000171)0.00184*** (0.000517)
Diversity of view-0.00130*** (0.000221)-0.00118*** (0.000125)-0.00132*** (0.000376)
House age-0.0156*** (0.00315)-0.0522*** (0.00178)-0.0397*** (0.00410)
Sale year fixed effectsYesYesYes
Constant12.57*** (0.0739)13.29*** (0.0394)13.08*** (0.1050)
Observations63,932100,01517,713
R-squared0.8090.8330.781
  • Notes: Standard errors are in parentheses. NLCD, National Land Cover Database.

  • * p < 0.1;

  • ** p < 0.05;

  • *** p < 0.01.