Using Quantile Regression in Hedonic Analysis to Reveal Submarket Competition

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Michael C. Farmer

Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Clifford A. Lipscomb

Bartow Street Capital LLC; Georgia Institute of Technology

Date Written: 2010

Abstract

In this paper, we use quantile regression analysis to explore the role submarket competition plays in setting housing prices in those price ranges where different submarkets occupy homes of similar price. We find evidence of direct competition between submarkets with different preferences for at least some homes in a single neighborhood. By examining hedonic parameter instability at different housing price levels, we uncover not only latent diversity among homeowners but direct competition between them, which calls into question policy and market conclusions drawn from standard hedonic price models, especially large sample hedonic studies.

Suggested Citation

Farmer, Michael C. and Lipscomb, Clifford A., Using Quantile Regression in Hedonic Analysis to Reveal Submarket Competition (2010). Journal of Real Estate Research, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2370382

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