There exist many anomalous relationships between firm characteristics and average asset returns which are inconsistent with the predictions of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). The size and value effects are two such well known empirical anomalies (see Fama and French, 1992, 1993). The...

This paper examines Internet usage and the effect on buyer search efficiency using a two-stage Heckman procedure. Results indicate that as Internet usage increased, search duration increased, which differs from earlier research that found that the Internet had no significant effect on search...

This paper examines the continuing evolution of the Internet and the resulting effects on the efficiency of buyer search. The study encompassed market conditions indicative of both a buyer's and seller's market. The results indicate that as Internet usage increased search duration increased,...

While there has been a great deal of research into the factors determining residential real estate agent/salesperson/broker income, little attention has been directed at how this income is generated. Numerous authors [ including, but not limited to, Follain, Lutes and Meier (1987), Glower and...

Recently the use of artificial stucco (formally known as Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems, or EIFS) on residential real estate properties has been a topic of much debate. In this paper, we outline the issues surrounding EIFS use. Subsequently, we develop and test hypotheses regarding the...

The evolving multifunction role of the real estate broker and the demands being placed upon brokers by both buyers and sellers is increasingly placing brokers in conflict with the laws governing their conduct as agents. This paper examines the nature of this conflict and evaluates proposed...

This paper seeks to empirically determine whether more skilled and productive real estate salespeople, identified as full-payout or 100% commission agents, have a discernable, systematic effect on property selling price and its marketing time. Two types of agents, 100%ers and split-commission...

The purpose of this research is to examine buyer search under different market conditions. We conduct a survival regression analysis of survey data generated by the National Association of Realtors for 1988, 1991 and 1993. We find, in all instances, that economic conditions are the dominant...

This study examines buyer search duration using a national database consisting of transactions conducted with and without the assistance of real estate brokers. The results of this study indicates that information asymmetries are present in the residential real estate market. First-time buyers...

This article examines the productive efficiency levels present in the market for residential real estate brokerage services by employing the stochastic frontier approach. The only prior study (Anderson, Zumpano, Elder and Fok, 1998) that examined productive efficiency in this sector employed...