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1 results foundAuthor: Horn, Brady P. Title: Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers and Property Values Summary: Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a major social concern in the United States and other developed countries. There is an extensive economic literature estimating the social costs associated with SUDs in terms of healthcare, labor market outcomes, crime, traffic accidents, and so forth. However, beyond anecdotal claims that SUD treatment centers (SUDTCs), settings in which patients receive care for their SUDs, have a negative effect on property values, there is scant empirical work on this question. In this paper, we investigate the effect of SUDTCs on residential property values using data from Seattle, Washington, and SUDTC location, entry, and exit information. To mitigate bias from the potential endogeneity of SUDTC location choices, we apply a spatial differences-in-differences (SDD) model, which uses property and SUDTC location to construct treatment and comparison groups. Our findings suggest that SUDTCs endogenously locate in lower value areas, and naïve models imply that the entry of an SUDTC leads to a 3.4% to 4.6% reduction in property values. When an SDD model is applied, we find no evidence that SUDTCs affect property values. Overall, our findings suggest anecdotal claims that SUDTCs reduce property values are potentially overstated. Details: Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019. 52p. Source: Internet Resource: NBER Working paper no. 25427: Accessed February 20, 2019 at: https://www.nber.org/papers/w25427 Year: 2019 Country: United States URL: https://www.nber.org/papers/w25427 Shelf Number: 154677 Keywords: NIMBYNot In My BackyardProperty ValuesSubstance AbuseSubstance Abuse TreatmentSubstance Abuse Treatment Facilieies |