"<i>Waiting on the train</i>": The anticipatory (causal) effects of Crossrail in Ealing

Comber, Sam and Arribas-Bel, Dani ORCID: 0000-0002-6274-1619 (2017) "<i>Waiting on the train</i>": The anticipatory (causal) effects of Crossrail in Ealing. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY, 64 (C). pp. 13-22.

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Abstract

This paper estimates the willingness-to-pay for anticipated journey-time savings introduced by the Crossrail intervention in the London Borough of Ealing. Given Crossrail remains under construction, we estimate how the anticipated benefit of Crossrail's announcement enters the house price determination process. Anticipated journey-time savings should enter the home-buyer's pricing equation because these benefits are speculatively internalised even before the service becomes operational. Using a experimental method that accounts for the possibility of a spatial autoregressive process in housing values, we test the hypotheses that the announcement of a new commuter rail service generated a location premium, and that house price appreciation reflected proximity to Crossrail terminals. Our evidence suggests home-buyers significantly valued proximity to planned Crossrail terminals following the post-announcement period.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Transport intervention, Willingness-to-pay, Spatial econometrics, Difference-in-difference model
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	29 Aug 2017 09:20
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 17:01
DOI:	10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.08.004
Open Access URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3009200