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Determinants Of Historic And Cultural Landmark Designation: Why We Preserve What We Preserve, Douglas S. Noonan, Douglas J. Krupka Oct 2008

Determinants Of Historic And Cultural Landmark Designation: Why We Preserve What We Preserve, Douglas S. Noonan, Douglas J. Krupka

Douglas S. Noonan

There is much interest among cultural economists in assessing the effects of heritage preservation policies. There has been less interest in modeling the policy choices made in historic and cultural landmark preservation. This paper builds an economic model of a landmark designation that highlights the tensions between the interests of owners of cultural amenities and the interests of the neighboring community. We perform empirical tests by estimating a discrete choice model for landmark preservation using data from Chicago, combining the Chicago Historical Resources Survey of over 17,000 historic structures with property sales, Census, and other geographic data. The data allow …


Neighborhood Dynamics And Superfund: Direct And Indirect Effects On Property Values, Douglas S. Noonan, Douglas J. Krupka Sep 2007

Neighborhood Dynamics And Superfund: Direct And Indirect Effects On Property Values, Douglas S. Noonan, Douglas J. Krupka

Douglas S. Noonan

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