Who was first? An examination of an early hedonic study

G. C. Haas produced ct hedonic study more than 15 years prior to A. T. Cour t who first published the term hedonics. Haas's application was to agricult ural land prices with a particular focus on distance to the city center and city size. Thus, Haas's work has much of the flavour of contemporary urban economics. A reestimation of Haas's model reveals that he did a respectabl e job in an age before computational machinery was available. The estimatio n of a new model reveals a tiny value gradient and shows that some of Haas' s adjustments to price, especially his time adjustments, were amazingly acc urate. (JEL R20).