Does anyone know of any studies on the economic impact of
designating neighborhoods in big cities historic districts? Does
doing this create any net benefits?
Cyril Morong
Do you have access to EconLit? If so, try searching there. If not, I
search on historic district* and got 11 hits, the most promising of
which were those below.
--Robert Book
Asabere, Paul K., Forrest E. Huffman, and Seyed Mehdian. 1994. The
adverse impacts of local historic designation: The case of small
apartment buildings in philadelphia. Journal of Real Estate Finance
and Economics 8, (3) (May 1994): 225-234.
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0895-5638
Coffin, Donald A. 1989. The impact of historical districts on
residential property values. Eastern Economic Journal 15, (3)
(July-September 1989): 221-228. www.csa.com
Coulson, N. Edward, and Michael L. Lahr. 2005. Gracing the land of
elvis and beale street: Historic designation and property values in
memphis. Real Estate Economics 33, (3) (Fall 2005): 487-507.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1080-8620
Coulson, N. Edward, and Robin M. Leichenko. 2001. The internal and
external impact of historical designation on property values. Journal
of Real Estate Finance and Economics 23, (1) (July 2001): 113-124.
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0895-5638
Ford, Deborah Ann. 1989. The effect of historic district designation
on single-family home prices. American Real Estate and Urban Economics
Association Journal 17, (3) (Fall 1989): 353-362. www.csa.com
Leichenko, Robin M., N. Edward Coulson, and David
Listokin. 2001. Historic preservation and residential property values:
An analysis of texas cities. Urban Studies 38, (11) (October 2001):
1973-1987. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00420980.asp
