Transcript Chapter 8

C H A P T E R 8 HEDONIC PRICE METHODS

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FIGURE 8.1

A valley divided into a clean region and a dirty region.

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FIGURE 8.2

Effect of pollution on land rents and wages with productive pollution.

A,

wage/rent at pollution =

p

1 ;

B,

wage/rent at pollution

= p

2 ;

c(w,r,p)

= 1, isocost lines;

V

(

w,r,p

)

= k

, isoutility lines. Note:

p

2 >

p

1 .

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FIGURE 8.3

Wages, rent, and discretionary income, as a function of pollution levels.

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FIGURE 8.4

Representative wage-pollution indifference curves for two different individuals (higher utility associated with upward shifts in indifference curves).

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FIGURE 8.5

Consumer choice. θ

(y,z,U),

amount of money available to bid for house with air quality

z

, for a person with income

y,

obtaining utility

U; p(z),

price of house with air quality level

z.

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FIGURE 8.6

Producer choice. φ

A

(

r,z,

π)

,

house offer price when air quality level is

z

, input prices

r,

necessary to give profit π;

p(z),

price of house with air quality level

z

.

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FIGURE 8.7

Equilibrium in an hedonic market. φ i for three consumers,

j

= 1,2,3;

E

k

, ,

offer function for three producers, equilibrium between producer

k

and consumer

i

= 1,2,3; θ

k, k

= 1,2,3; j

,

bid function

p(z),

price of house with air quality level

z

.

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FIGURE 8.8

Marginal willingness to pay for

z. p’(z),

slope of hedonic price line with respect to

z

(marginal value of

z

);

MWTP

i

(z),

marginal willingness to pay for one more unit of

z,

consumers

i

= 1,2.

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FIGURE 8.9

Wage –risk relationship.

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