Systematic Variation in Waste Site Effects on Residential Property Values: A Meta-Regression Analysis and Benefit Transfer

Abstract This article presents a meta-analysis based on 727 estimates from 83 hedonic pricing studies to provide new insights the effects of waste sites residential property values. Relative previous meta-analyses this subject, are corrected for publication bias and ability meta-regression model produce reliable benefit-transfer is assessed. Proximity severely contaminated has supremely negative impact values, whereas average distance non-hazardous no effect. Correcting sizeable impact, reducing effect size by up 38%. Benefit-transfer errors fairly large and, in line with broader literature, outperform simple value transfer when underlying data sample heterogeneous.