Valuing Flood Risk Information: Evidence from Property Sales

Understanding how individuals value information about flood risks is crucial for policy and urban planning. This project examines how increased salience of flood risk information influences economic behavior, using property sales as a proxy for valuation. By applying a distance-based difference-in-differences approach, the study analyzes how changes in awareness of flood risks affect housing market outcomes. As a next step, register data will be incorporated to examine whether flood risk information also impacts the composition of residents in affected areas, providing deeper insights into its broader societal effects.

Researcher

Greta Fredriksson