The Cyclic Behavior of the National Office Market |
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Authors: | William C Wheaton |
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Institution: | Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. |
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Abstract: | A review of the post WWII data on national office building construction and vacancy, reveals a recurrent ten-twelve year cycle. Specifying and estimating a structural econometric model for these series leads to several conclusions about this commercial real estate sector. First, the office market appears to "clear" quite slowly, and long-run expectations play an important role in market behavior. Second, supply is definitely more responsive to market conditions than demand. Finally, a six-year forecast suggests that the current over-supply in the market will not go away as fast as in the past. |
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