Table II.
Descriptive Statistics of Observations Pertaining to Water Clarity.
| Variable | Mean | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variable: | ||||
| Elasticity | 0.1167 | 0.2543 | −0.6478 | 1.7198 |
| Study area/commodity variables: | ||||
| Waterfronta | 0.6808 | 0.4671 | 0 | 1 |
| Mean clarity (Secchi disk depth, meters) | 2.34 | 1.97 | 0.38 | 6.45 |
| Lake or Reservoira | 0.5615 | 0.4972 | 0 | 1 |
| Estuarya | 0.4385 | 0.4972 | 0 | 1 |
| Waterbody sizeb (sq. km.) | 6.8846 | 5.3156 | 0.0002 | 20.8858 |
| Median income (thousands, 2017$) | 59.078 | 14.144 | 37.865 | 91.174 |
| College degree (% population) | 0.1366 | 0.0414 | 0.0768 | 0.2734 |
| Population density (households /sq. km.) | 49.91 | 58.38 | 1.41 | 227.96 |
| Mean house price (thousands, nominal $) | 211.314 | 131.341 | 31.287 | 675.364 |
| Northeasta | 0.2885 | 0.4539 | 0 | 1 |
| Midwesta | 0.1923 | 0.3949 | 0 | 1 |
| Southa | 0.4846 | 0.5007 | 0 | 1 |
| Westa | 0.0346 | 0.1832 | 0 | 1 |
| Methodological variables: | ||||
| Elasticity variance | 1228.159 | 18704.52 | 9.03E-06 | 301448.5 |
| Unpublisheda | 0.1500 | 0.3578 | 0 | 1 |
| Not in-situ measurea | 0.6115 | 0.4883 | 0 | 1 |
| Other water quality variablesa | 0.2192 | 0.4145 | 0 | 1 |
| Assessed valuesa | 0.0538 | 0.2261 | 0 | 1 |
| Study time period (years) | 10.27 | 3.82 | 3 | 24 |
| Time trend (0=1994 to 20=2014) | 8.59 | 6.17 | 0 | 20 |
| No spatial methodsa | 0.3808 | 0.4865 | 0 | 1 |
| Double-loga | 0.4308 | 0.4961 | 0 | 1 |
| Linear-loga | 0.3077 | 0.4624 | 0 | 1 |
| Lineara | 0.0385 | 0.1927 | 0 | 1 |
| Log-lineara | 0.2231 | 0.4171 | 0 | 1 |
Unweighted descriptive statistics presented for n=260 elasticity estimates in meta-dataset pertaining to water clarity. Estimates based on 18 primary hedonic studies, corresponding to 66 study-housing market clusters.
Denotes independent variables that are dummy variables.
The size of the waterbody (or waterbodies) examined in the primary studies was only available for n=79 of the 260 observations in the meta-dataset pertaining to water clarity. If multiple waterbodies were examined in the primary study hedonic regression models, then the average waterbody size is reported.