Programme for
Singapore – Hong Kong Research Symposium
(18 – 19 July 2003)

17 July 2003

6.30 p m
Pre-symposium Reception

18 July 2003

8.30 am
Registration
Title
Author(s)
Discussant
Session 1
Chair: ONG Seow Eng
   
9.00 am An Early Assessment of Residential Mortgage Performance in China Yongheng DENG, University of Southern California
Della ZHENG, University of Southern California
Changfeng LING, Tsinghua University
FU Yuming,
National University of Singapore
9.45 am A Spatio-temporal Autoregressive Model for Multi-unit Residential Market Analysis TU Yong, National University of Singapore
YU Shi Ming, National University of Singapore
SUN Hua, National University of Singapore
HWANG Min,
National University of Singapore
10.30 am
Tea Break
Session 2
Chair: FU Yuming
   
11.15 am Pricing in an Illiquid Real Estate Market Paul ANGLIN, University of Windsor
Robin WIEBE, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Jack WU,
National Chengchi University
12.00 am Can Co-owners Agree to Disagree? A Theoretical Examination of Voting Rules in Co-ownerships Danny Ben-Shahar, The Interdisciplinary Centre of Herzliya
Eyal Sulganik, The Interdisciplinary Centre of Herzliya
Carl GWIN,
Baylor University
12.45 pm
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: LIM Kian Guan
   
2.00 pm Estimating Implied Volatility and Risk Neutral Distributions based on option to wait to lease model Kanak PATEL, University of Cambridge
LIM Kian Guan,
Singapore Management University
2.45 pm Another Look at the Relative Importance of Sectors and Regions in Determining Property Returns Stephen LEE, University of Reading
Mark ANDREW, University of Reading
Steve DEVANEY, University of Reading
Simon STEVENSON,
University College Dublin
3.30 pm
Tea Break
Session 4
Chair: SING Tien Foo
   
4.15 pm Asian Bank Returns and Real Estate Markets Chiuling LU, Yuan Ze University
Raymond W. SO, Chinese University of Hong Kong
NG Kah Hwa
National University of Singapore
5.00 pm
Symposium Dinner  

19 July 2003

Title
Author(s)
Discussant
Session 5
Chair: LUM Sau Kim
   
9.00 am Adjusting for Age Effect in Repeat Sales Index - An Interest Rate Augmentation Approach S. K. WONG, University of Hong Kong
K W CHAU, University of Hong Kong
C Y YIU, The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
Tyler YANG,
Integrated Financial Engineering Group
9.45 am The Role of UpREIT Structure in Corporate Control: Implications for International REIT Organisation Form Robert CAMPBELL, Hofstra University
Chinmoy GHOSH, University of Connecticut
C F SIRMANS, University of Connecticut
SING Tien Foo
National University of Singapore
10.30 am
Tea Break
Session 6
Chair: K W Chau
   
11.15 am Testing Alternative Theories of Property Price-Trading Volume with Commercial Real Estate Market Data Charles Ka Yui LEUNG, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dandan Feng, Chinese University of Hong Kong
K W CHAU,
The University of Hong Kong
12.00 pm The Dynamics of Stock Returns and Volatility in Securitized Real Estate LIOW Kim Hiang, National University of Singapore
Joseph OOI, National University of Singapore
GONG Yantao, National University of Singapore
Raymond W. SO,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
12.45 pm
Lunch
2.00 pm
Closing