House Prices and Spatial Dependence: Towards an Integrated Procedure to Model Neighborhood Dynamics.

This paper deals with applying GIS and spatial statistics to hedonic modeling. More precisely, it looks at spatial autocorrelation and trend surface analysis (TSA) as devices that can be used to improve model performances. Empirical analysis is performed on the Charlesbourg 1986-87 bungalow (one-story, single-family detached unit) residential market segment. Charlesbourg is the third largest municipality in the Quebec Urban Community (QUC), with some 71 000 in population by 1991.