Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. West Virginia University
Research interests: public economics, spatial econometrics, international
economics, urban economics
Office: Tilton Hall Room 203
Phone: (504) 862-8346
sleguiza@tulane.edu
Vitae
November 2011: New Study by Susane Leguizamon Shows Varying Role of Gay Couples
in Property Values
A study by Professor Susane Leguizamon of one Ohio city shows that same-sex
couples may raise property values in neighborhoods that support gay marriage
and hurt prices in ones that do not.
In work with David Christafore of Konkuk University in Seoul, Susane examined
home values in 2000 in and around Columbus, Ohio. They concluded that an increase
in the number of same-sex couples by one in 1,000 households is associated
with a 1.1 percent price premium in enclaves that backed gay marriage. The
same influx in areas that did not support same-sex marriage was linked to a
1 percent discount.
“The perception that there is prejudice against gay and lesbians by
conservative groups is strong enough to be picked up in market prices,” Leguizamon
said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg Business Week.
The full study will
be published in the Journal
of Urban Economics. For the
articles based on the study, see
Bloomberg
and Business Week (same article printed); the
Huffington
Post; the
Vancouver Sun; and the
National Post.
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