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Informationen zum Autor PETER ANTONIONI Business School, University College, LondonMICHAEL BALL Director, Urban and Property Economics Consultancy, LondonFRANCIS CALCOEN CNRS Research Director, Catholic University of Lille, FranceDIDIER CORNUEL Professor of Economics, University of Lille, FranceALASTAIR MCFARLANE Senior Economist, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, USAGEORGE OFORI Professor and Head, Department of Building, National University of SingaporeGERBERT ROMIJN Researcher in Public Finance, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague, NetherlandsFREDDIE TAN Adjunct Senior Researcher, Department of Building, National University of Singapore Klappentext This collection deals with some interesting economic questions related to construction and real estate, namely how construction firms cope with the volatility of construction; whether speculative bubbles or market fundamentals drive those fluctuations; new techniques to predict construction demand; why the office market led the recent real estate cycle; and whether regulation is responsible for speculative behaviour. Zusammenfassung This collection deals with some interesting economic questions related to construction and real estate, namely how construction firms cope with the volatility of construction; whether speculative bubbles or market fundamentals drive those fluctuations; new techniques to predict construction demand; why the office market led the recent real estate cycle; and whether regulation is responsible for speculative behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; P.Thalmann & M.Zarin-Nejadan Diversification as a Strategy for Minimising Fluctuations in Construction Firm Turnovers; M.Ball & P.Antonioni The 1985-95 Cycle in Real Estate Markets: Bubble or Shock; D.Cornuel & F.Calcoen Estimating Construction Demand in Singapore: Potential of Neural Networks; F.Tan & G.Ofori Lump-sum Moving Cost; G.Romijn Rent Growth Control and the Transition of Land to Urban Use; A.McFarlane...
