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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ J Econ Policy. 2015 Feb;7(1):63–94. doi: 10.1257/pol.20120325

Table 8.

Alternative Zip-Code Level Estimates of Effects of Foreclosures


Non-Elective Preventable Cancer Heart Mental Respiratory Infection

Second Quarter 2005 through Fourth Quarter 2007, N=21,812

Sum of 4 Lags Foreclosure 3.9707 0.2657 0.0012 0.0378 0.1143 0.7726
P value for sum=0 0.0000 0.0000 0.9122 0.5356 0.0001 0.0000
# Visits per 100k per Year 41784 3840 331 3696 1712 5419

Judicial States Only (NJ and FL), N=20,340

Foreclosures Rates (t-1) 0.1889
(0.1586)
0.0388***
(0.0073)
0.0043
(0.0033)
0.0289**
(0.0134)
−0.0008
(0.0057)
0.0109
(0.0225)
Foreclosures Rates (t-2) 0.2124
(0.2265)
0.0371***
(0.0136)
−0.0014
(0.0040)
0.0418***
(0.0156)
0.0197*
(0.0104)
0.1019
(0.0739)
Foreclosures Rates (t-3) 0.1151
(0.1200)
−0.0179
(0.0341)
−0.0061
(0.0046)
−0.0039
(0.0163)
0.0050
(0.0097)
0.0406
(0.0927)
Foreclosures Rates (t-4) 0.7490***
(0.1539)
0.0469
(0.0282)
0.0141***
(0.0027)
0.0378*
(0.0206)
0.0063
(0.0102)
0.2928***
(0.0659)
Sum of 4 Lags Foreclosure 1.2654 0.1049 0.0110 0.1046 0.0302 0.4462
P value for sum=0 0.0164 0.0058 0.0150 0.0139 0.0574 0.0015
# Visits per 100k per Year 45732 4062 368 4244 1874 5850

Non-Judicial States Only (AZ and CA), N=26,400

Foreclosures Rates (t-1) 0.8579***
(0.0900)
0.0864***
(0.0054)
−0.0008
(0.0030)
0.0523**
(0.0211)
0.0393***
(0.0079)
0.1583***
(0.0204)
Foreclosures Rates (t-2) 0.6184***
(0.1505)
0.0712***
(0.0090)
0.0086
(0.0098)
0.0386***
(0.0093)
−0.0019
(0.0076)
0.2358***
(0.0772)
Foreclosures Rates (t-3) 0.0396
(0.2377)
−0.0154*
(0.0092)
−0.0026**
(0.0013)
0.0040
(0.0057)
0.0176**
(0.0067)
−0.1086
(0.0977)
Foreclosures Rates (t-4) −0.8935**
(0.4194)
−0.0575***
(0.0161)
−0.0036
(0.0066)
−0.0079
(0.0118)
0.0115*
(0.0066)
−0.3867**
(0.1605)
Sum of 4 Lags Foreclosure 0.6224 0.0847 0.0016 0.0870 0.0665 −0.1012
P value for sum=0 0.1703 0.0042 0.6244 0.0000 0.0000 0.5731
# Visits per 100k per Year 38549 3620 310 3265 1683 5016

Using Foreclosure Starts vs. Foreclosure Auctions, N=46,740

Sum of 4 Lags Starts 1.1180 0.1153 0.0063 0.0955 0.0480 0.2383
P value for sum=0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0043 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
# Visits per 100k per Year 42817 3911 334 3764 1794 5581

Including High Vacation Home Zip Codes, N=52,875

Sum of lags 0.6230 0.0752 0.0028 0.0745 0.0534 0.0135
P value for all lags=0 0.1710 0.0071 0.4570 0.0000 0.0000 0.9490
# Visits per 100k per Year 42074 3847 334 3738 1766 5445

High Vacation Home Zip Codes Only, N=5,205

Sum of lags −0.1302 −0.0280 −0.0012 −0.0598 0.0119 0.0612
P value for all lags=0 0.7371 0.5254 0.9412 0.4411 0.7232 0.6663
# Visits per 100k per Year 34956 3237 331 3472 1499 4128

Notes: Regressions also included zip code fixed, effects, county*quarter*year effects and trends for clusters of zip codes. Standard errors in parentheses. Bold face indicates that the sum of lags is significantly different than zero.