The risks of nuclear disaster and its impact on housing prices
Using a data set on housing sales transactions we explore the potential effect of the Fukushima disaster on housing prices in Sweden. In contrast to most earlier findings in other countries we do not find any disproportionate effect from the Fukushima disaster on housing prices in vicinity of nuclear power plants in Sweden.
Keywords: Fukushima, Nuclear accident, Housing price, Difference-in-differences
Citation: Ando, M., M. Dahlberg and G. Engström. (2017). Economics Letters 154:13-16.
The risks of nuclear disaster and its impact on housing prices