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Who benefits from neighbourhoods designated as conservation areas?

Homeowners and people nearby benefit, though the implications for society are less clear, writes Gabriel Ahlfeldt.  Opinions on conservation areas are split. Proponents would argue that conservation areas... Read more...

20 March 2018

The Economic Journal, Volume 128, Issue 608, February 2018
Distinctively Different: A New Approach to Valuing Architectural Amenities (pages 1-33)

DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12429   Related publications Distinctively Different: A New Approach to Valuing Architectural Amenities Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt and Nancy Holman, SERC Discussion Paper No.171, Febru... Read more...

05 February 2018

The Times
Live just outside conservation area for property price boost

Researchers at the London School of Economics found that house prices in England’s 8,000 conservation zones, which vary from the seaside town of Morecambe, Lancashire, to the industrial canals of Castlef... Read more...

25 October 2017

The Economic Journal Volume 127, Feature Issue: 24 OCT 2017
Game of Zones: The Political Economy of Conservation Areas (pages F421?F445)

Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Kristoffer Moeller, Sevrin Waights and Nicolai Wendland DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12454 Related publications Game of Zones: The Economics of Conservation Areas Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Kristo... Read more...

24 October 2017

Vox
Distinctively different: a new approach to valuing architectural amenities

Article by Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Nancy Holman Good architectural design is a public good, but economists and policymakers lack robust evidence on the impact of well designed architecture on location value when planning s... Read more...

24 September 2016