Unregulated Contaminants in Drinking Water: Evidence from PFAS and Housing Prices

For their helpful comments, we thank Benjamin Gilbert, Dennis Guignet, Robyn Meeks, Michael Papenfus, Carly Urban, Barton Willage, participants at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 2022 summer conference, seminar attendees at Vanderbilt University, participants of the 2023 Montana State University Applied Economics Conference and members of the PFAS Project Lab. Data provided by Zillow through the Zillow Transaction and Assessment Dataset (ZTRAX). More information on accessing the data can be found at http://www.zillow.com/ztrax. The results and opinions are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the position of Zillow Group. This paper was previously circulated as, “Discovery of Unregulated Contaminants in Drinking Water: Evidence from PFAS and Housing Prices.” All remaining errors are our own. The authors have no material and relevant financial relationships to disclose. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• September 26, 2023