Real estate portfolio construction and estimation risk

Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-253

  Lee, Stephen ^a   Stevenson, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Optimization techniques; Portfolio investment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344407793     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780510599458     Document Type: Article

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