Interest rate risk and time-varying excess returns for Asian property stocks

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-210

  Hiang Liow, Kim ^a   Huang, Qiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Interest rates; Japan; Property; Singapore; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646866112     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780610659919     Document Type: Article

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