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来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS,Vol.41,Issue4,P.486-502

语言

英文

关键字

REDEVELOPMENT; PREFERENCES; COMPLEXITY; OTHERS

作者单位

[Charles, Suzanne Lanyi] Cornell Univ, Dept City & Reg Planning, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA. [Charles, Suzanne Lanyi] Cornell Univ, Baker Program Real Estate, Ithaca, NY USA. Charles, SL (reprint author), Cornell Univ, City & Reg Planning, Coll Architecture Art & Planning, 107 Sibley Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA. E-Mail: scharles@cornell.edu

摘要

This study examines consumer preferences for new large suburban single-family houses-monster homes-through the economic concept of positional goods. Previous empirical studies of the positionality of housing are few, and those that exist use abstract survey questions to measure it. Through a visual preference survey, this study simulates a real-world house-choice scenario using environmental scenes of single-family houses in their neighborhood contexts in order to test the effect of the positionality of housing on individuals' house preferences. Using a mixed-effect generalized linear model with crossed random effects, this research reveals that monster homes are moderately positional but the aesthetic characteristics of houses often outweigh positional concerns. Moreover, the study finds that men are more likely than women to prefer a positional house to a nonpositional house and that people with lower incomes are more likely to choose a positional house than those with higher incomes.