The property market in Hong Kong plays an important role in the political, social and economic life of this vibrant city. Understanding the dynamics of the market is essential to guide government policy making and investment decisions. Using data collected between 1993 and 2006, this study...

A key asset that is important in international markets is real estate - raw land and developed properties. Also, real estate can clearly have difference local rules for investment and transactions based upon bankruptcy protection, appraisal standards, lending standards, taxation and planning...

Housing market is highly heterogeneous and is most accurately represented as a collection of distinct yet related submarkets. In this paper, a flexible semiparametric model is developed to model housing submarkets. The k Nearest Neighbor estimates of hedonic price coefficients, varying both...

The property market in Hong Kong plays an important role in the political, social and economic life of this vibrant city. Understanding the dynamics of the market is essential to guide government policy making and investment decisions. Using data collected between 1993 and 2006, this study...

Loss aversion is a core concept in prospect theory that refers to people's asymmetric attitudes with respect to gains and losses. More specifically, losses loom larger than gains. With the capability of loss aversion to explain economic phenomena, some of which are puzzling under expected...