Abstract:
We
use evidence from a quasi-experiment – the shipping of radioactive
spent nuclear fuel by train through South Carolina – to assess whether
many years of incident-free transport of nuclear waste no longer
negatively affects market valuation of properties along the route. Using
Charleston County (SC) property sales data over 13 years we find, to
the contrary, that the negative impact of the nuclear waste shipments on
property values continues to be felt over the long run. The perception
of risk from nuclear waste transport appears to be resilient. We
contribute methodologically by comparing well-defined treatment and
control groups of properties to estimate the average treatment effect of
the nuclear waste shipment program. The results are affirmed in both a
pooled cross-section sample, as well as a panel data sample of repeated
property sales. The three-year moving average of the diminution rises from about 4% to 9% then declines to 7%.
Fig. 3. Annual
average treatment effects (ATT) and two-standard deviation confidence
intervals: 3-year (sample-weighted) moving average. Top panel: average
treatment effect for treated properties (% of sale price). Bottom panel:
distance effect in ATT: % increase in sale price of treated properties
per km away from SNF route
a Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4220, United States; Corresponding author. Fax: +1 979 845 4155
b Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma, United States
c College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, University of Oklahoma, United States
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Volume 65, Issue 1; January, 2013; Pages 56–73
Keywords: Spent nuclear fuel; Average treatment effect; Difference-in-differences; Pooled cross-section; Panel
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