Economic impacts of E. Coqui frogs in Hawaii
by Brooks A. Kaiser, Kimberly M. Burnett
Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2006

Abstract: Eleutherodactylus coqui, a small frog native to Puerto Rico, was introduced to Hawaii in the late 1980s, presumably as a hitchhiker on plant material from the Caribbean or Florida. The severity of the frogs' songs has lead to a hypothesis that the presence of the frog on or near a property results in a decline in that property's value. The objective of this study is to measure the damage costs from the coqui's loud mating songs through a hedonic pricing model. We find that the per-transaction reduction in value appears to be about 0.16%, holding constant district, acreage, financial conditions, zoning, and neighbourhood characteristics.

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