| The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics | |
| Volume 29, Issue 2, Article 3 (Abstract) | |
| Title: | Alternative Models for Describing Spatial Dependence Among Dwelling Selling Prices |
| Author: | A.F. Militino, M.D. Ugarte and L. Garcia-Reinaldos |
| Abstract: | In this article different spatial statistics techniques to analyze the behavior of used dwelling market prices are compared. We fit two lattice models: simultaneous and conditional autoregressive, a geostatistical model, the so-called universal kriging and finally, a linear mixed-effect model. Different spatial neighborhood structures are considered, as well as different spatial weight matrices and covariance models. The results are illustrated through a real data set of 293 properties from Pamplona, Spain. |
| Keywords: | linear mixed effects, SAR, CAR, kriging, hedonic pricing, geostatistical, lattice models |