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Optimism-driven Decisions of Real Estate Developers under Demand Uncertainty

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  • Rui-hui Xu
  • Rose Neng Lai

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We develop a set of theoretical models to show how differences in real estate developers' optimism about market demand affects construction and sales decisions. The model is a variation of asymmetric Cournot duopoly where developers choose levels of output conditioned on their rivals' output and their own levels of optimism in a stochastic environment. Our results show that optimistic developers construct more housing and hold more inventory when facing higher demand uncertainty. Developers' overconfidence creates value in terms of optimal profit and market share. We also discuss how updating beliefs over multi-periods could turn a pessimistic developer to an optimistic one, and vice versa. The paper thus provides some behavioral insights into puzzling phenomena such as overconfidence, overbuilding, construction timing, and inventory holding.

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  • Rui-hui Xu & Rose Neng Lai, 2018. "Optimism-driven Decisions of Real Estate Developers under Demand Uncertainty," Journal of Real Estate Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(2), pages 267-308, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjerxx:v:40:y:2018:i:2:p:267-308
    DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2018.12091500
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