The Publication Bias of the Chinese Real Estate Research: A Meta-Analysis

Abstract

This article applies a meta-analysis to investigate the results from hedonic housing model in China. This paper investigates the publication bias and authentic empirical effect among those researches. Partial correlation coefficients between building area and house price reveal a strong evidence of publication bias and a genuine positive effect, in which, the financial crisis in 2007 will increase the effects of building area on house price. And the linear model partially account for the publication bias.