Supply-Side Policies and Retail Property Market Performance

In the present study we undertake a statistical analysis of the cyclical properties of certain economic, financial, and real property-market variables and attempt to establish the stylised facts in relation to the office, industrial, and retail property cycle in the United Kingdom. We build upon the methodology which has been adopted in modern business-cycle research to confirm the cyclical regularities of aggregate variables and business fluctuations across countries and over time. The results of this study establish for certain variables the presence of relative cyclical movements over the phases of the property cycles which conform to theoretical intuition. They also identify cyclical irregularities across property sectors, which the existing property-cycle literature would need to address.

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China slowdown prompts 'supply-side' response

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db207948 ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

The United States ◽

Supply Side ◽

Property Market ◽

Price Inflation ◽

Content Type ◽

Bear Market ◽

Property Prices ◽

Downward Pressure ◽

Economic Slowdown ◽

Second Tier

Significance China's economic slowdown has been gradual but, since the middle of last year, has been accompanied by a depressed property market and extreme volatility in capital markets. Impacts The renminbi will experience downward pressure due to the slowdown in China and rate hikes in the United States. Housing market inventory will decrease, putting downward pressure on property prices, especially in the second-tier cities. In equities, the 'slow bull market' sought by the authorities is less likely than a 'slow bear market'. Consumer price inflation is unlikely to pick up, leaving room for monetary easing. M&A activity among large SOEs is likely to increase in 2016.

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Oligopsony/Oligopoly Power and Factor Market Performance: The Case of U.S. Old Newspapers

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics ◽

10.1017/s1074070800028285 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 555-569

Author(s):

Aref A. Hervani

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Market Performance ◽

The United States ◽

Government Policies ◽

Supply Side ◽

Demand Side ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Input Markets ◽

Price Distortions ◽

Positive Effect

This paper derives price-cost margins for the old newspaper (ONP) input market for newsprint manufacture and then examines the effects of two government policies and two variables measuring the market performances of ONP input and newsprint output on the oligopsonist's ONP price-cost margins. In the wastepaper recycling market in particular, the ONP input market has not been successful in using the ONP generated. The outcomes of the study are that various degrees of price distortions existed in the ONP input markets in four regions of the United States during 1972–1995. Demand-side policy had a positive effect and supply-side policy had a negative effect on ONP price–cost margins in all regions.

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The Australian Residential Property Market: A Study on Foreign Real Estate Investment

10.29007/lb9p ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Peng Wong ◽

Ron Wakefield

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Foreign Investment ◽

Global Financial Crisis ◽

Market Performance ◽

House Price ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Residential Property ◽

Property Market ◽

Real Estate Investment ◽

The Relationship

This research focuses on determining the significance of foreign investment in the Australian residential property market subsequent to the Global Financial Crisis 2008. Quantitative models built on secondary data were tested on two residential property markets comprising Metropolitan Melbourne and a key suburb in the Victoria State, Australia. The relationship between the house price performances and various leading offshore and local Australian economic indicators were assessed. As a result of the increasing relevance of globalisation and Asia Pacific private wealth in the Australia, foreign real estate investment has impacted significantly the Melbourne residential property market performance. The result of this study provides a better understanding on the relationship between the Australian residential property market performance and the emerging significance of the foreign investment drivers. A better understanding of these foreign investment determinants will assist policy makers to effectively manage the Australian residential property market without compromising the steady flow of foreign real estate investment. The result of this study is believed to yield findings that can assist the researcher, property market operators and investors in the evaluation of foreign investments in the Australia residential housing market.

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