Building Cycles: Growth and Instability
The global economic crisis of 2008 was precipitated by a housing market crash, thus highlighting the destabilizing influence of the property cycle upon the wider economy. This timely book by a world authority explores why cycles occur and how they affect the behaviour of real estate markets. The central argument put forward is that growth and instability are inextricably linked, and that building investment acts both as a key driver of growth and as the source of the most volatile cyclical fluc…
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- Full title :Building Cycles : Growth and Instability.
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The global economic crisis of 2008 was precipitated by a housing market crash, thus highlighting the destabilizing influence of the property cycle upon the wider economy. This timely book by a world authority explores why cycles occur and how they affect the behaviour of real estate markets. The central argument put forward is that growth and instability are inextricably linked, and that building investment acts both as a key driver of growth and as the source of the most volatile cyclical fluctuations in an economy. The role of building cycles in both economic growth and urban development is.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication:Chichester
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (450 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781444310016, 1444310011
- oclc:ocn609849296
- LC Classification:HT153.B3435 2009
- Dewey Decimal:333.338
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations used in the text; 1 Introduction: A Historical Approach; 2 Growth and Cycles: The Economic Debate; 3 The Nature of Building Cycles; 4 Building Investment and Economic Growth; 5 Building Investment and Urban Development; 6 Case Study: The City of London Office Market; 7 A Simulation Model of the Building Cycle; 8 Property Cycles in Global Investment Markets; 9 Understanding the Building Cycle; Appendix A. Building Trend and Cycle Analysis; Appendix B. The Building Cycle Model; References; Index.
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