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The presence of a relationship between price and the number of times a house has been resold is consistent with the hypothesis that adverse selection influences the resale housing market. My hedonic pricing model results supports this hypothesis. Moreover, as a house's turnover rate increases, consumer's willingness to pay for that house decreases, other things constant.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Bledsoe, Ryan Matthew"],"institution":"University of Nevada, Las Vegas","degree_name":"Master of Arts (MA)","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"Economics","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Bradley S. Wimmer"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2001,"date_issued":"2001-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"2001-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:25:18Z","subjects":[],"languages":["English"],"rights":["IN COPYRIGHT. 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