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Property debt overhang: the case of Irish SMEs

McCann, Fergal; McIndoe-Calder, Tara - Central Bank of Ireland - 2014

The detrimental impacts of credit booms, property booms and firm over-leverage are well-established in a growing literature highlighting their effects on household consump- tion, firm investment and economic growth. The link between credit-fuelled property market booms and firms' ability to...

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Transaction Costs and Housing Affordability in Asia

Cruz, Prince Christian R. - In: International Real Estate Review 11 (2008) 1, pp. 128-150

Asia is home to some of the fastest growing cities in the world. As urbanization increases, demand for housing also increases. Well functioning housing markets can minimize problems associated with rapid urbanization such as unaffordable housing and urban slums. This paper explores the different...

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Pricing Factors in Real Estate Markets: A Simple Preference Based Approach

Chan, Su Han; Wang, Ko; Yang, Jing - In: International Real Estate Review 6 (2003) 1, pp. 102-120

Conventional wisdom tells us that the price level of properties should be supported by the rent they receive. This paper examines the pricing factors of properties by analyzing how individuals allocate their income to housing consumption and other goods, which in turn become the rent (or...

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The Development of Urban Economics in the Twentieth Century

Evans, Alan - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 5, pp. 521-529

E VANS A. W. (2003) The development of urban economics in the twentieth century, Reg. Studies 37 , 521-529. This paper was written to mark 25 years of the ESRC Urban and Regional Economics Workshop which began in 1976. The intellectual development of urban economics is traced from its early...

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A macro-economic indicator-based risk management strategy for the small property investor

Talukhaba, Alfred Atsango; Steenkamp, Jan H.; Miruka, … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 4, pp. 374-392

It is generally believed that the principles of modern portfolio theory (MPT) may be applicable to small direct property investments, to formulate an investment risk management strategy, which is embedded in the conceptual stages of the investment and thus reduce the reliance on often,...

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Real Estate and the Asian Crisis

Quigley, John M. - Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER), … - 2002

This paper suggests that activities in the real estate markets in Southeast and East Asian economies were an important contributing force to the financial crises of 1997 in the Asian economies. The analysis relies upon unpublished data reported contemporaneously by financial institutions and...

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From hire purchase to property development: the rise and demise of the Industrial Acceptance Corporation in Australia, 1926-77

Knowles, Harry; Patmore, Greg; Shields, John - In: Accounting History Review 18 (2008) 3, pp. 283-302

financial service sector pays only incidental attention to the role of finance companies and other non-bank financial … finance company - Industrial Acceptance Corporation (IAC) - between the 1920s and 1970s. IAC began as a subsidiary of a US … finance company and grew to become one of Australia's leading and innovative finance companies. Based on hire purchase for …

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Culture as the “connective tissue” between property development and real estate

Bliznakov, Petko - In: Izvestiya (2013) 2, pp. 36-42

The author proceeds from the belief that until now construction has passed through two stages of organization: vocational and industrial-scientific. Now construction production enters a third stage, which he defines as socio-cultural. In it the dominant role will fall to culture. The latter is...

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Property-led Urban, Town and Rural Regeneration in Ireland: positive and perverse outcomes in different implementation contexts

Norris, Michelle; Gkartzios, Menelaos; Coates, Dermot - Geary Institute, University College Dublin - 2013

In the mid-1980s fiscal incentives were introduced to encourage the construction and refurbishment of residential developments in declining inner city districts in Ireland. These were abolished in 2006 but, during the intervening period, their focus was extended to include: large towns; small...

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Spain; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Rebalancing in Spainâ€™s private sector is under way, but with more modest progress on reducing stocks. Spain is subject to significant spending pressures, reflecting unfavorable demographic trends and subdued growth prospects, and will require substantial structural reform. Priority...

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