A green winner's curse? Investor behavior in the market for eco-certified office buildings

Economic Modelling

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 137-146

  Fuerst, Franz ^a   Gabrieli, Tommaso ^b   McAllister, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eco certification premium; Green Building; Real Estate auctions; Winner's curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006987330     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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