This paper investigates the operation of outsourced property management delivery. Drawing upon semi-structured interviews with senior professionals responsible for property management outsourcing in Finland, Netherlands and the UK, it is found that the perceived advantages and disadvantages of...

This paper investigates innovative approaches to the integration of land-use and transport planning in urban regions. Engineering, economic and social-science based theories and empirical studies are analyzed regarding their ability to explain the interaction between land use and transport -...

This study applies a Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test for the AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) effects and an Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity-in-Mean (EGARCH-M) model to assess whether regional house prices in Canada exhibit financial...

In this paper, we study the international and sectoral diversification potential in realestate portfolios. Building on a unique dataset of direct real estate markets covering 16 OECDcountries over the 1999-2018 period, we introduce a statistical test to compare country-leveland sector-level...

Despite extensive empirical evidence of the economic and financial benefits of green buildings, energy retrofit investments in existing buildings have not reached widespread adoption.This paper empirically estimate returns to energy retrofit investments for multifamily and commercial buildings...