A mean squared error estimator of market size in hedonic price analysis

Abstract

This paper presents a spatial kernel estimator that allows coefficients and market size to be estimated at the observation of interest. In economic terms, the bandwidth length of the spatial kernel estimator captures the size of the market incorporated in estimation at the location of interest, and this optimal size of the market included in regression minimizes mean square error (MSE).

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