Olika typer av klorfenoler (CP) användes flitigt i impregneringsmedel under 1950–70-talen i Sverige. Det var under miljonprogrammet som CP fick sin största spridning, då en miljon hushåll skulle byggas där bland annat syllarna i husen skulle vara impregnerade med CP. På 1970-talet skedde också den så kallade Teckomatorpskandalen, där företaget BT Kemi, som tillverkade en mängd olika kemiska ämnen inklusive CP, hade grävt nercirka1000 tunnor med giftiga ämnen i marken. I samband med att skandalen uppdagades förbjöds CP år 1977-1978 i Sverige, detta innefattade även produkten KP-Cuprinol som använts som impregnering i miljonprogramhusen. Frågetecken kvarstår till hur plötsligt CP förbjöds utan att det förklarades varför. CP i trä-skyddsmedel har lett till stora inomhusproblem.

<p>In this thesis I estimate a monetary value of the risk attached to living near a hazardous waste</p><p>site in the town of Teckomatorp. This site is the result of hundreds of rusty leaking barrels of</p><p>toxins being buried in the ground by the company BT Kemi in the 1970’s. Ever since then the</p><p>site has been remediated in several steps and is still contaminated today. For estimating the</p><p>perceived risk of living near this site I use a hedonic price model (HP) which is a form of a</p><p>revealed preference approach. In a HP model the price of a market good is a function of</p><p>different utility-bearing characteristics and the estimated parameters can be used to calculate</p><p>the implicit prices of these characteristics. In this case I use a data set from the National</p><p>Swedish Institute for Building Research (IBF) and regress property price on a number of</p><p>housing characteristics. I compare an estimated town-effect for Teckomatorp with the</p><p>estimates for two control towns: Billeberga and Anderslöv. I can confirm my hypothesis that,</p><p>after controlling for housing characteristics, there is a negative effect on prices of property in</p><p>Teckomatorp. I find that property prices are on average 46878 SEK lower in Teckomatorp</p><p>than in the two control towns.</p>

In this thesis I estimate a monetary value of the risk attached to living near a hazardous waste site in the town of Teckomatorp. This site is the result of hundreds of rusty leaking barrels of toxins being buried in the ground by the company BT Kemi in the 1970’s. Ever since then the site has been remediated in several steps and is still contaminated today. For estimating the perceived risk of living near this site I use a hedonic price model (HP) which is a form of a revealed preference approach. In a HP model the price of a market good is a function of different utility-bearing characteristics and the estimated parameters can be used to calculate the implicit prices of these characteristics. In this case I use a data set from the National Swedish Institute for Building Research (IBF) and regress property price on a number of housing characteristics. I compare an estimated town-effect for Teckomatorp with the estimates for two control towns: Billeberga and Anderslöv. I can confirm my hypothesis that, after controlling for housing characteristics, there is a negative effect on prices of property in Teckomatorp. I find that property prices are on average 46878 SEK lower in Teckomatorp than in the two control towns.