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- Title
Strip Clubs, "Secondary Effects" and Residential Property Prices.
- Authors
Brooks, Taggert J.; Humphreys, Brad R.; Nowak, Adam
- Abstract
Municipalities regulate sexually oriented businesses (SOBs) through the "secondary effects" doctrine, which justifies limiting First Amendment speech protections inside SOBs. Negative effects of SOBs on nearby neighborhood quality are a frequently cited secondary effect. Little empirical evidence exists that SOBs generate such negative externalities. If SOBs generate negative externalities, then nearby property prices should decrease when a strip club opens. We estimate regression models of housing prices to determine the effect of new clubs on nearby residential property prices in Seattle, exploiting the termination of a 17‐year moratorium on openings and find no evidence that strip clubs have "secondary effects."
- Subjects
SEATTLE (Wash.); REAL property sales &; prices; RESIDENTIAL real estate; SEX industry; HOME prices; PRICE cutting
- Publication
Real Estate Economics, 2020, Vol 48, Issue 3, p850
- ISSN
1080-8620
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1540-6229.12236