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Oct 20

Treescape Value

By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized

I’ve argued since the 1990s that organized street tree planting adds a lot of value to a home. In the order of 6%. This is what is known as a positive externality: if your neighbors or your city decides to plant trees on your street, your property value goes up without you having to do […]

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Feb 06

What is the Value of Education?

By Bruce Firestone | Uncategorized

      The Value of Education           A Case Study of the Perceived Value of An Architecture Degree, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada I wrote the following article more than ten years ago. At that time, we made an effort to determine the rate of return on tertiary education, namely, the value […]

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