On nonparametric estimation of a hedonic price function Haupt, Harry Haupt Harry Schnurbus, Joachim Schnurbus Joachim Tschernig, Rolf Tschernig Rolf Recently, using mixed data on Canadian housing, Parmeter, Henderson, and Kumbhakar (Journal of Applied Econometrics 2007; 22: 695-699) found that a nonparametric approach for estimating a hedonic house price function is superior to formerly suggested parametric and semipararnetric specifications. We carefully reanalyze these specifications for this dataset by applying a recent nonparametric specification test and simulation-based prediction comparisons. For the case at issue our results suggest that a previously proposed parametric specification does not have to be rejected and we illustrate how nonparametric methods provide valuable insights during all modeling steps. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 25 5 894-901 894-901 Wiley-Blackwell 2010