P Bayer… - The Economic Journal, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
While there is growing interest in measuring the size and scope of local spillovers, it is well
understood that such spillovers cannot be distinguished from unobservable local attributes
using solely the observed location decisions of individuals or firms. We propose an ...
P Bayer, N Keohane… - Journal of Environmental Economics …, 2009 - Elsevier
Conventional hedonic techniques for estimating the value of local amenities rely on the
assumption that households move freely among locations. We show that when moving is
costly, the variation in housing prices and wages across locations may no longer reflect ...
C Timmins… - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Travel cost models are regularly used to determine the value of recreational sites or
particular site characteristics, yet congestion, a key site attribute, is often excluded from such
analyses. One reason for this omission is that congestion is determined in equilibrium by ...
P Bayer… - Journal of Urban Economics, 2005 - Elsevier
Important to many models of location choice is the role of local interactions or spillovers,
whereby the payoffs from choosing a location depend in part on the number or attributes of
other individuals or firms that choose the same or nearby locations in equilibrium. This ...
S Li, R Von Haefen… - 2008 - nber.org
Exploiting a rich data set of passenger vehicle registrations in twenty US metropolitan
statistical areas from 1997 to 2005, we examine the effects of gasoline prices on the
automotive fleet's composition. We find that high gasoline prices affect fleet fuel economy ...
C Timmins - Econometrica, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
2. Abstract Evidence suggests that municipal water utility administrators in the western US
price water significantly below its marginal cost and, in so doing, inefficiently exploit aquifer
stocks and induce social surplus losses. This paper empirically identifies the objective ...
P Bayer, N Keohane… - 2006 - nber.org
Conventional hedonic techniques for estimating the value of local amenities rely on the
assumption that households move freely among locations. We show that when moving is
costly, the variation in housing prices and wages across locations may no longer reflect ...
S Gamper-Rabindran, S Khan… - 2008 - nber.org
We examine the impact of piped water on the under-1 infant mortality rate (IMR) in Brazil
using a novel econometric procedure for the estimation of quantile treatment effects with
panel data. The provision of piped water in Brazil is highly correlated with other ...
C Timmins - Journal of Regional Science, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT This paper presents an empirical technique for valuing large changes in
nonmarketed local attributes (eg, climate amenities) without data describing prices of locally
traded commodities like housing. A model of endogenous sorting is used to identify ...
UJ Wagner… - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2009 - Springer
Page 1. Environ Resource Econ (2009) 43:231–256 DOI 10.1007/s10640-008-9236-
6 Agglomeration Effects in Foreign Direct Investment and the Pollution Haven
Hypothesis Ulrich J. Wagner · Christopher D. Timmins Received ...
We measure the effects of chain economies, business stealing, and heterogeneous firms'
comparative advantages in the discount retail industry. Traditional entry models are ill-suited
for this high-dimensional problem of strategic interaction. Building upon recently ...
C Timmins - Journal of Development Economics, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper uses a model of optimal household residential decisions to construct a
comprehensive “true” spatial cost of living index with readily available Brazilian census data.
We find evidence of a decreasing or U-shaped relationship (differing with education level ...
C Timmins - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2003 - Springer
Abstract When price-setting regulators haveobjectives other than maximizing socialsurplus,
the conservation potential ofdemand-side technology standards can besignificantly
diminished. This paperdemonstrates this by empirically recovering thesocially sub-optimal ...
C Timmins - Journal of Economic Geography, 2005 - Oxford Univ Press
Abstract Geography plays a prominent role in many problems in development economics—
directly in analyses of the spatial distribution of important variables like poverty and
productivity, and indirectly through the role of local spillovers in economic growth. ...
D Alves… - Who is in and who is out. Washington, DC.: IDB, 2003 - bid.org.uy
In Brazil there exists a two-tiered system of healthcare. Those with sufficient means, or
whose employers provide health coverage, have access to a private system of healthcare
that provides quality treatment on demand. The rest of the population relies on a system of ...
C Timmins - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2006 - Springer
Abstract The Ricardian technique uses cross-sectional variation in the capitalized value of
climate in land to infer the agricultural costs or benefits of dynamic climate change. While a
practical approach for predicting the consequences of global warming with readily ...
P Bayer, R McMillan, A Murphy… - 2011 - nber.org
We develop a tractable model of neighborhood choice in a dynamic setting along with a
computationally straightforward estimation approach. This approach uses information about
neighborhood choices and the timing of moves to recover moving costs and preferences ...
[CITATION] Identifying social interactions in endogenous sorting models
P Bayer… - 2001 - mimeo, Yale University
K Bishop… - Durham, NC: Duke University, …, 2008 - apps.olin.wustl.edu
Abstract Since the publication of Rosen's “Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets”, property
value hedonics has been used extensively in the non-market valuation of environmental
amenities, despite a number of important and well-known econometric problems. We ...
P Bayer, S Khan… - 2008 - nber.org
This paper considers nonparametric identification and estimation of a generalized Roy
model that includes a non-pecuniary component of utility associated with each choice
alternative. Previous work has found that, without parametric restrictions or the availability ...
NV Kuminoff, VK Smith… - 2010 - nber.org
Households “sort” across neighborhoods according to their wealth and their preferences for
public goods, social characteristics, and commuting opportunities. The aggregation of these
individual choices in markets and in other institutions influences the supply of amenities ...
C Timmins - 2002 - dukespace.lib.duke.edu
According to allocative efficiency criteria, water in the American West is often underpriced in
urban sales. The political-economic process that motivates municipal managers to impose
the resulting deadweight losses on their constituencies is analyzed with a median voter ...
S Gamper-Rabindran, R Mastromonaco… - 2011 - nber.org
We apply three complementary approaches designed to identify the localized effects of
Superfund site remediation under the CERCLA, examining data at the level of (i) the census
tract (paying attention to within tract heterogeneity),(ii) the census block, and (iii) individual ...
A Carvalho, S Lall… - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
... ywata@ipea.gov.br Somik V. Lall Development Research Group, The World Bank
slall1@worldbank.org Christopher Timmins Department of Economics, Duke University
timmins@econ.duke.edu ABSTRACT Large and sustained ...
C Timmins - 2003 - dukespace.lib.duke.edu
This paper presents a technique for valuing large changes in non-marketed local attributes
(eg, climate amenities) without data describing prices of locally traded commodities like
housing. A model of endogenous local sorting is used to identify individuals indirect utility ...
Wage-hedonics is used to recover the value of a statistical life by exploiting the fact that
workers choosing riskier occupations will be compensated with a higher wage. However,
Roy (1951) suggests that observed wage distributions will be distorted if individuals select ...
P Bayer, S Khan… - Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2011 - ASA
We consider identification and estimation of a Roy model that includes a common
nonpecuniary utility component associated with each choice alternative. This augmented
Roy model has broader applications to many polychotomous choice problems in addition ...
P Bayer, R McMillan, A Murphy… - manuscript, Duke …, 2007 - stanford.edu
Abstract We use a unique dataset linking information about buyers and sellers to the
complete census of housing transactions in the San Francisco metropolitan area for a period
of 15 years to examine the microfoundations of housing market dynamics. We develop a ...
[CITATION] Health and Climate Change in the Developing World: The Impact of Global Warming on Brazilian Morbidity Patterns
C Timmins - Manuscript, Duke University, 2003
P Bajari, J Cooley, C Timmins - 2010 - nber.org
We propose a new strategy for a pervasive problem in the hedonics literature—recovering
hedonic prices in the presence of time-varying correlated unobservables. Our approach
relies on an assumption about homebuyer rationality, under which prior sales prices can ...
T MaCurdy… - 2000 - econ.duke.edu
Abstract This paper analyzes wage dynamics in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth,
controlling for the effects of censoring caused by non-random attrition. Nonrandom attrition,
caused by individuals failing to appear for interviews or choosing not to work, is common ...
[CITATION] Price as a policy tool for dynamic resource allocation: the case of the municipally owned water utility
CD Timmins - 1997 - Stanford University
C Timmins - Yale University Economic Growth Center Working …, 1999 - aida.econ.yale.edu
Abstract This paper develops a theoretically consistent technique for valuing non-marketed
local attributes using compensating income differentials in the absence of housing market
data. The individual's indirect utility function is identified with aggregate data describing ...
C Timmins… - Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ., 2009 - annualreviews.org
We contrast structural and reduced form empirical studies in environmental and resource
economics. Both methodologies have their own context-specific advantages and
disadvantages, and should be viewed as complements, not substitutes. Structural models ...
SV Lall, C Timmins… - 2008 - siteresources.worldbank.org
Page 1. Moving to Opportunity: Successful Integration or Bright Lights? by Somik
V. Lall, World Bank Christopher Timmins, Duke University Shouyue Yu, Duke
University June 5, 2008 Page 2. Introduction: Motivation Economic ...
[CITATION] Agglomeration effects in foreign direct investment and the 'pollution havens' hypothesis
UJ Wagner… - … manuscript, Department of Economics, Duke University, 2004
SK Pattanayak, MT Ross, BM Depro… - … of Environmental and …, 2007 - aere.org
Abstract Ecosystems are the planet's life support system. Why then is ecosystem
degradation excessive or so rapid? Unfortunately, the answer to this question is currently
obscured by some conceptual confusion and lack of reliable data and methods for ...
J Nou… - The Journal of Legal Studies, 2005 - JSTOR
Abstract The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
transformed welfare from an ongoing cash assistance program by restricting participation
through time limits and emphasizing rapid entrance into the labor force. Changes in ...
SK Pattanayak, MT Ross, BM Depro… - The BE Journal of …, 2009 - degruyter.com
Ecosystem services are public goods that frequently constitute the only source of capital for
the poor, who lack political voice. As a result, provision of ecosystem services is sub-optimal
and estimation of their values is complicated. We examine how econometric estimation ...
K Bishop… - 2010 - abdn.ac.uk
Abstract Since the publication of Rosen's “Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets”, property
value hedonics has become the workhorse model for valuing local public goods and
amenities, despite a number of well-known and well-documented econometric problems. ...
[CITATION] The Redistributive Fiscal Role of Residential Water Bills
C Timmins - 1999 - working paper, Yale University …
S Gamper-Rabindran… - The American Economic …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We test for residential sorting and changes in neighborhood characteristics in
response to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites using restricted access fine-geographical-
resolution block data. We examine changes between 1990 and 2000 in blocks within 5km ...
[CITATION] Understanding the role of mobility costs in Brazil's spatial income inequality
C Timmins… - Anais do XXVI Encontro Brasileiro de Econometria, …, 2005
[CITATION] Rural-Urban Migration: Successful Integration or just" Bright Lights"? Evidence from Brazil and Mexico
S Lall… - Department of Economics, Duke University, 2008
[CITATION] Evaluating 'Cash for Clunkers': Program Effect on Vehicle Sales and Cost-Effectiveness
S Li, J Linn, E Spiller… - Unpublished paper, Resources for the Future, 2010
P Bayer, N Keohane… - 2006 - Citeseer
Abstract Conventional hedonic techniques for estimating the value of local amenities rely on
the assumption that households move freely among locations. We show that when moving is
costly, the variation in housing prices and wages across locations may no longer reflect ...
[CITATION] Health, Climate and Development in Brazil: A Cross-Section Analysis
D Alves, R Evenson, E Rosenberg… - Red de Investigación. Documento …, 2000
T Kuzmenko… - 2011 - econ.duke.edu
Abstract Using of a unique combination of restricted-access decennial Census data and a
proprietary data set containing the details of housing transactions from several US
metropolitan areas, we find evidence that owner-assessed home values” lag behind” ...
B Depro… - 2009 - public.econ.duke.edu
Abstract US Census data show that approximately 40 million Americans move each year,
raising questions about the role of residential mobility in determining observed pollution
exposure patterns. The literature in this area continues to be contested, the relationship ...
B Depro… - 2008 - ncsu.edu
Abstract US Census data show that approximately 40 million Americans move each year,
raising questions about the role of mobility in determining observed environmental risk
exposure patterns. The literature in this area continues to be contested, and the ...
[CITATION] A True Spatial Cost-of-Living Index with Developing-Country Data
C Timmins - 2001 - Mimeo. New Haven, CT: Yale …
P Bayer… - unpublished paper, 2002 - aida.econ.yale.edu
Abstract This paper contributes to the literature on the identification of social interactions in
discrete choice models, extending Brock and Durlauf (2001)(i) to any arbitrary number of
alternatives,(ii) to allow for preferences over both the number and type of other individuals ...
C Timmins - … of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer …, 2004 - colorado.edu
Abstract Wage-hedonic techniques are regularly used to determine willingness-to-pay to
avoid environmental disamenities, like those associated with particulate matter and other
forms of air pollution. A key assumption underlying these techniques is that individuals ...
B Depro, C Timmins… - 2011 - arec.umd.edu
ABSTRACT Understanding the forces that lead to correlations between pollution exposure,
poverty, and race is crucial to the formation of sound environmental justice (EJ) policy. In
particular, what are the roles of disproportionate siting of pollution sources versus post- ...
K Bishop… - 2008 - ssc.wisc.edu
Abstract Since Rosen's seminal 1974 paper, property value hedonics has become
commonplace in the non-market valuation of environmental amenities, in spite of a number
of well-known methodological problems. In particular, recovery of the marginal ...
KC Bishop… - 2011 - nber.org
The hedonic model of Rosen (1974) has become a workhorse for valuing the characteristics
of differentiated products despite a number of well-documented econometric problems. For
example, Bartik (1987) and Epple (1987) each describe a source of endogeneity in the ...
[CITATION] The Future of the Asian Petroleum Market: Implications of Petroleum Substitutes
R Evenson… - Yale University Department of Economics and …, 2001
LP Bayer… - The Economic Journal, 2007 - res.org.uk
While there is growing interest in measuring the size and scope of local spillovers, it is well
understood that such spillovers cannot be distinguished from unobservable local attributes
using solely the observed location decisions of individuals or firms. We propose an ...
SV Lall, C Timmins, S Yu, A Anas… - Brookings-Wharton Papers …, 2009 - JSTOR
How can policies improve welfare of people in economically lagging regions of countries?
Theanswer to this question is not straightforward, and pol icymakers in developedas well as
developing countries struggle in making choices between the market solution of ...
P Bayer, N Keohane, ED Fund… - 2008 - econ.iastate.edu
Beginning with the Harvard Six City Study (Dockery et al., 1993), thousands of analyses
have found serious health effects from atmospheric particulate matter. These are most
severe for the young and the elderly–especially those suffering from asthma (Lin et al., ...
P Bayer, C Timmins… - 2003 - econ.yale.edu
Abstract A central feature of many models of location choice–whether of firms or households,
within or across cities–is the role of local interactions orspillovers, whereby the payoffs from
choosing a location depend in part on the number or attributes of other individuals or firms ...
[CITATION] Associate Professor of Economics
C Timmins - Duke University
SV Lall, C Timmins… - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Large and sustained differences in economic performance across regions of
developing countries have long provided motivation for fiscal incentives designed to
encourage firm entry in lagging areas. But empirical evidence in support of these policies ...
P Bayer… - uncg.edu
Abstract This paper explores the linkages between migration and labor market outcomes. It
begins by developing a formal model that characterizes an individual's residential location
decision (US state) as a function of tastes, migration costs, and potential earnings. We first ...
C Timmins - 2009 - dukespace.lib.duke.edu
Exploiting a rich dataset of passenger vehicle registrations in 20 US MSAs from 1997 to
2005, we examine the effects of gasoline prices on the automotive fleet's composition. We
find that high gasoline prices affect fleet fuel economy through two channels: shifting new ...
[CITATION] Measuring the Value of Non-Marketed Local Attributes Under Data Constraints: Climate Amenities in Brazil
C Timmins
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Page 1. 1 “Non-Price Equilibria for Non-Marketed Goods” Comments for Discussion by
Christopher Timmins Department of Economics Duke University Page 2. 2 This paper
builds on a long line of research on the role of peer effects, social ...
C Timmins - ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT, 2002 - books.google.com
When price-setting policy-makers have objectives other than maximizing social surplus, the
conservation potential of demand-side technology standards can be significantly reduced.
This is particularly relevant for the analysis of water policy under conditions of scarcity. 1 ...
K Bishop… - 2011 - eco.uc3m.es
Abstract Since the publication of Rosen's “Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets”, property
value hedonics has become the workhorse model for valuing local public goods and
amenities, despite a number of well-known and well-documented econometric problems. ...
P Bajari, JC Fruehwirth, K il Kim… - 2011 - econ.umn.edu
Abstract We propose a new strategy for a pervasive problem in the hedonics literature—
recovering hedonic prices in the presence of time-varying correlated unobservables. Our
approach relies on an assumption about homebuyer rationality, under which prior sales ...
S Gamper-Rabindran… - rff.org
... EVIDENCE OF SPATIALLY LOCALIZED BENEFITS by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran Graduate
School of Public and Intl Affairs University of Pittsburgh and Christopher Timmins Department
of Economics Duke University Version: March 23, 2011 Page 2. 2 Abstract (230 words) ...
[CITATION] Measuring the Value of Varietal Technology in Brazilian Agriculture
C Timmins - 2002
SV LALL, C TIMMINS… - Brookings-Wharton Papers on …, 2009 - books.google.com
At the same time, policymakers have often viewed internal migration—or labor mobility—
from lagging to leading regions, or rural to urban areas, as a consequence of failed place-
based policies. And in many countries, policies raise barriers to the movement of labor. ...
[CITATION] Who Should Pay for Bankruptcy Costs? Who Should Pay for Bankruptcy Costs?(pp. 295-341)
A Bris, A Schwartz, I Welch, TA Eaton… - The Journal of Legal …, 2005 - JSTOR
[CITATION] Compensating Differentials in a Spatial Equilibrium: A Non-Parametric Approach
P Bayer… - 2005
S Gamper-Rabindran… - 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
... Evidence of Spatially Localized Benefits Shanti Gamper-Rabindran* Christopher Timmins† ... Shanti
Gamper-Rabindran Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh
Christopher Timmins Department of Economics Duke University ...
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