It is well known that the structural density of an apartment complex affects the price of an individual apartment unit in the complex. However, careful attentions have not been paid to understand whether it is the result of worsening living environmen...
It is well known that the structural density of an apartment complex affects the price of an individual apartment unit in the complex. However, careful attentions have not been paid to understand whether it is the result of worsening living environments (amenity effect) or it is the result of reducing capital gains from redevelopment (capital gains effect). This study theoretically derives and empirically tests a hypothesis that the price of an apartment unit in a complex is influenced by the structural density of the complex through both amenity effect and capital gains effect. Estimation results confirm the hypothesis. An increase in structural density by 10 percent point decreases the price of an apartment per size by about one percent through amenity effect and by 3.4 percent through capital gains effect. Also, the magnitudes of capital gains effect are different among different districts (Gu's). The capital gains effect is higher in a district (such as Gangnam Gu) where the price of an apartment unit is higher.