An econometric model for forecasting private construction investment in Hong Kong

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-534

  Ng, S Thomas ^a   Fan, Ryan Y C ^a   Wong, James M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crowding in effect; Private construction investment; Regression analysis; Stationarity; Vector error correction model

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENTS; CONSTRUCTION MARKETS; CROWDING-IN EFFECT; DECISION MAKERS; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ECONOMIC CONDITION; END-USERS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HONG-KONG; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NON-STATIONARY TIME SERIES; NONSTATIONARY DATA; PUBLIC INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RELIABLE MODELS; STATIONARITY; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES; VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION; VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION MODEL;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC WORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

INVESTMENTS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ERROR CORRECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VECTOR;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79959216568     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.570356     Document Type: Article

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