Estimating the effect of being close to outdoor activities on cottage prices: The case of Northern Finland before and after Covid-19

• Main Author: Elovirta, Salla
• Other Authors: Turun kauppakorkeakoulu, Turku School of Economics, Taloustiede, Economics, Taloustieteen laitos, Department of Economics
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: cottages; second home; real estate market; Covid-19; pandemic; difference-in-difference; Kuusamo; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/173498

In the beginning of 2020, a global pandemic Covid-19 spread around the world, affecting people’s lives in multiple ways. In addition, many of the global and local markets were impacted, for example the real estate markets. In this thesis the changes the cottage real estate markets of Northern Finlan...