Published in

Springer (part of Springer Nature), Computational Statistics, 3(30), p. 767-790

DOI: 10.1007/s00180-015-0559-9

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Identifying Berlin's land value map using Adaptive Weights Smoothing

Journal article published in 2015 by Jens Kolbe, Rainer Schulz, Martin Wersing, Axel Werwatz
This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Green circle
Postprint: archiving allowed
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

We use Adaptive Weights Smoothing (AWS) of Polzehl and Spokoiny (2000, 2003, 2006) to estimate a map of land values for Berlin, Germany. Our data are prices of undeveloped land that was transacted between 1996-2009. Even though the observed land price is an indicator of the respective land value, it is in uenced by transaction noise. The iterative AWS applies piecewise constant regression to reduce this noise and tests at each location for constancy at the margin. If not rejected, further observations are included in the local regression. The estimated land value map conforms overall well with expert-based land values. Our application suggests that the transparent AWS could prove a useful tool for researchers and real estate practitioners alike.