Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154775 
Year of Publication: 
1997
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 11.1997
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
The hedonic literature suggests that locations with more favourable characteristics should display compensating wage and residential land price differentials. Using the hedonic price technique estimates of the willingness to pay for small changes in some key characteristics of the Italian climate were undertaken. The hedonic price models were specified both in terms of annual values and in terms of monthly values. The main conclusion of the analysis is that there exists considerable empirical support to the hypothesis that amenity values for climate are embedded in residential property prices. Italians would typically prefer a dryer, sunnier climate than at present, warmer in the winter and slightly cooler during the summer. The existence of compensating wage differentials was not investigated. These results may have relevance to the task of determining the economic impact of potential future climate change.
Subjects: 
Climate Change
Italy
Hedonics
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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