Beach Re-Nourishment and Property Value Growth: The Case of Folly Beach, South Carolina

27 Pages Posted: 12 Feb 2011

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Calvin Blackwell

College of Charleston - School of Business

Susannah Sheldon

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium

David Lansbury

Metropolitan Commercial Valuations

Date Written: February 11, 2011

Abstract

Numerous studies using a variety of methods suggest that beach re-nourishment generates benefits to both recreational users and property owners. However, the only study to use a repeat sales index (Cordes, Gatlaff and Yezer, 2001) found no effect of re-nourishment on property values. We use a repeat sales index to investigate the effects of the Army Corps of Engineers’ re-nourishment of Folly Beach, South Carolina. We find that this re-nourishment has maintained property values’ rates of appreciation when compared with real estate values in a similar real estate market, the Isle of Palms, South Carolina.

Keywords: Beach Re-Nourishment, Repeat Sales, Natural Experiment

JEL Classification: R00

Suggested Citation

Blackwell, Calvin and Sheldon, Susannah and Lansbury, David, Beach Re-Nourishment and Property Value Growth: The Case of Folly Beach, South Carolina (February 11, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1760018 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1760018

Calvin Blackwell (Contact Author)

College of Charleston - School of Business ( email )

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Susannah Sheldon

South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium ( email )

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David Lansbury

Metropolitan Commercial Valuations ( email )

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Fairfax, VA 22030
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