Soosung Hwang

Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics

Professor of Financial Economics

25-2, Sungkyunkwan-ro

Jongno-gu

Seoul, 03063

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1.

Beta herding through overconfidence: A behavioral explanation of the low-beta anomaly

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Feb 2002 Last Revised: 05 May 2022
Soosung Hwang, Alexandre Rubesam and Mark Salmon
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, IESEG School of Management and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
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Beta, Herding, Overconfidence, Low-beta Anomaly

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The Disappearance of Momentum

The European Journal of Finance, 21:7, 584-607, DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2013.865654
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2021
Soosung Hwang and Alexandre Rubesam
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and IESEG School of Management
Downloads 1,463 (26,548)
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Momentum premium, Arbitrage, High-tech and Telecom Bubble

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Too Many Factors! Do We Need Them All?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Mar 2007
Soosung Hwang and Chensheng Lu
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Tudor Capital Europe
Downloads 1,062 (42,372)
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Asset Price Testing, Average F test, Data-Mining, Empirical Factors

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Is Share Price Relevant?

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Feb 2009
Soosung Hwang and Chensheng Lu
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Tudor Capital Europe
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Share Prices, Cross-Sectional Returns, Nominal Price Illusion

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Bayesian selection of asset pricing factors using individual stocks

A previous version of this paper circulated under the title "Searching the Factor Zoo". A revised version has been published on the Journal of Financial Econometrics (https://doi.org/10.1093/jjfinec/nbaa045)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2021
Soosung Hwang and Alexandre Rubesam
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and IESEG School of Management
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Multi-factor model, Factor zoo, Factor selection, Bayesian variable selection, SeeminglyUnrelated Regressions

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Beta herding through overconfidence: A behavioral explanation of the low-beta anomaly

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 15 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 05 May 2022
Soosung Hwang, Alexandre Rubesam and Mark Salmon
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, IESEG School of Management and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
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Beta, Herding, Overconfidence, Sentiment, Low-beta Anomaly

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Is Value Really Riskier than Growth? An Answer with Time-Varying Return Reversal

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper, A revised version is published in Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 37, No. 7, 2013
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2014
Soosung Hwang and Alexandre Rubesam
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and IESEG School of Management
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Overconfidence, Self-attribution bias, Value anomaly, Return reversals

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How Loss Averse are Investors in Financial Markets?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 04 May 2010
Soosung Hwang and Stephen E. Satchell
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
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Loss Aversion Utility, Prospect Theory, Asset Allocation

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Cross-Sectional Stock Returns in the UK Market: The Role of Liquidity Risk

FORECASTING EXPECTED RETURNS, Butterworth-Heinemann, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Apr 2007
Chensheng Lu and Soosung Hwang
Tudor Capital Europe and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Cross-Sectional Returns, Liquidity, Value Premium

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The Impact of Optimistic and Pessimistic Preferences on Decision Making

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Aug 2013
Soosung Hwang and Stephen E. Satchell
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
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Loss Aversion, Bayesian Rule, Relative Optimism, Asset Allocation

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Long-Term Dynamic Asset Allocation Under Asymmetric Risk Preferences

European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 312, Issue 2, pp. 765-782, 16 January 2024, DOI 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.07.038
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2023
Vasileios Kontosakos, Soosung Hwang, Vasileios Kallinterakis and Athanasios A. Pantelous
State Street Corporation, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, University of Liverpool - Management School (ULMS) and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Decision analysis, Asset Allocation, Asymmetric Risk Preferences, Parameter uncertainty, Simulation Study

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Do Smart Beta ETFs Capture Factor Premiums? A Bayesian Perspective

IÉSEG WORKING PAPER SERIES 2018-ACF-04
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2019
Alexandre Rubesam and Soosung Hwang
IESEG School of Management and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
Downloads 458 (126,213)
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Smart Beta, Strategic Beta, Factor Investing, Factor Selection, Bayesian Variable Selection

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Fishing with a Licence: An Empirical Search for Asset Pricing Factors

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Nov 2008
Soosung Hwang and Alexandre Rubesam
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and IESEG School of Management
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linear factor model, asset pricing, Bayesian, variable selection

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Marketing Period Risk in a Portfolio Context: Theory and Empirical Estimates from the UK Commercial Real Estate Market

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Marketing Period Risk in a Portfolio Context: Theory and Empirical Estimates from the UK Commercial Real Estate Market

Cass Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jan 2006
Shaun A. Bond, Soosung Hwang, Zhenguo (Len) Lin and Kerry D. Vandell
UQ Business School, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Florida International University (FIU) - Hollo School of Real Estate and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
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liquidity risk, commercial real estate

Marketing Period Risk in a Portfolio Context: Theory and Empirical Estimates from the UK Commercial Real Estate Market

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2007
Posted: 11 Jan 2007
Shaun A. Bond, Soosung Hwang, Zhenguo (Len) Lin and Kerry D. Vandell
UQ Business School, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Florida International University (FIU) - Hollo School of Real Estate and University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business

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liquidity risk, commercial real estate, time on market, transaction process, UK

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The Effects of Structural Breaks in Arch and GARCH Parameters on Persistence of GARCH Models

Cass Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 Nov 2004
Soosung Hwang and Pedro L. Valls Pereira
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV and CEQEF- FGV
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Volatility, GARCH, Structural Breaks, Persistence

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Smoothing, Nonsynchronous Appraisal and Cross-Sectional Aggregation in Real Estate Price Indices

EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 4782, Cass Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Jun 2004
Shaun A. Bond and Soosung Hwang
UQ Business School and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Smoothing, Nonsynchronous Appraisal, Long Memory

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In Search of Pairs using Firm Fundamentals: Is Pairs Trading Profitable?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Sungju Hong and Soosung Hwang
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Elastic Net Regression; Multiple Hypothesis Testing Problem; Fundamental Similarity; Disappearance of Pairs Trading

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Testing Linear Factor Models on Individual Stocks Using the Average F Test

European Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2013
Soosung Hwang and Stephen E. Satchell
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
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F Test, Linear Factor Model, Average F Test.

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Evaluating Unsmoothing Procedures for Appraisal Data

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Aug 2009
Shaun A. Bond, Soosung Hwang and Gianluca Marcato
UQ Business School, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Henley Business School - University of Reading
Downloads 325 (185,630)
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Smoothing, Nonsynchronous Appraisal, Long Memory

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Cross-border Relationship between Cryptocurrency Prices and News Sentiment:

Which Exerts Influence on the Other?

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 26 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2024
Ryeomyung Kang, Soosung Hwang and Jinho Shin
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Kakaobank
Downloads 311 (194,532)
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Cryptocurrency, Sentiment, Cross-country Forecastability, Large Language Model

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Decomposition of Momentum Return: Which Component Contributes Most?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 May 2008
Sirajum Munira, Yaz Gulnur Muradoglu and Soosung Hwang
City University - Sir John Cass Business School - Faculty of Finance, University of Illinois Springfield and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
Downloads 311 (194,532)
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Common components, Stock-Specific components, Fama-French factors, Macroeconomic factors

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Surprise vs. Anticipated Information Announcements: Are Prices Affected Differently? An Investigation in the Context of Stock Splits

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 May 2007
Soosung Hwang, Aneel Keswani and Mark B. Shackleton
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Faculty of Finance, Cass Business School, City University, London and Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance
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Stock Splits, Market Efficiency, Underreaction

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Valuing Information Using Utility Functions: How Much Should We Pay for Forecasts of Returns?

City University Business School Banking & Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 May 2001
Soosung Hwang and Stephen E. Satchell
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
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Value of Information, CAPM, Fama-French Model

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Loss Aversion around the World: Empirical Evidence from Pension Funds

Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 88, pp. 52-62, 2018, DOI 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2017.11.007
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2017
Yuxin Xie, Soosung Hwang and Athanasios A. Pantelous
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, School of Finance, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
Downloads 273 (222,822)
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Loss Aversion; Cultural factors; Reference-Dependent Utility; Pension Funds

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Excessive Arbitrage Trading by Overconfidence

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2020
Min Hwang, Soosung Hwang and Sanha Noh
George Washington University - Department of Finance, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Jeonbuk National University
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Overconfidence, Ambiguity aversion, Excessive arbitrage trading, Market efficiency

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Performance Measurement with Loss Aversion

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Performance Measurement with Loss Aversion

Cass Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Mar 2005
Gordon Gemmill, Mark Salmon and Soosung Hwang
Warwick Business School, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Behavioral Finance, Mutual Funds

Performance Measurement with Loss-Aversion

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5173
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Aug 2005
Gordon Gemmill, Mark Salmon and Soosung Hwang
Warwick Business School, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Performance measurement, loss-aversion, prospect theory, closed-end-fund puzzle

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Is Beta Really Not Priced?

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Mar 2007
Soosung Hwang
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Beta, Cross-sectional Asset Pricing

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'Irrational Exuberance' in the Long-Run UK Stock Market

Cass Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Nov 2004
Soosung Hwang and Byung Khun Song
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Irrational exuberance, macroeconomic variables, stock price, equilibrium

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An Analysis of Herding in the Korean Stock Market Using Network Theory

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 May 2016
Soosung Hwang, Young-Il Kim and Jinho Shin
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University and Kakaobank
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Herd behavior, Cross-sectional standard deviation, Network analysis

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The Cost of Overconfidence in Public Information

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 May 2016 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2021
Soosung Hwang, Youngha Cho and Sanha Noh
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Oxford Brookes University and Jeonbuk National University
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Overconfidence, Factors, Public Signals, Short-term Return Reversals, Overconfidence

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Is Value Really Riskier Than Growth?

A revised version is published in Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 37, No. 7, 2013
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2014
Alexandre Rubesam and Soosung Hwang
IESEG School of Management and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Value premium, Regime switching, Risk measures, Biased self-attribution

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Can Common Components Eliminate Momentum Returns?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 May 2008
Sirajum Munira, Yaz Gulnur Muradoglu and Soosung Hwang
City University - Sir John Cass Business School - Faculty of Finance, University of Illinois Springfield and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
Downloads 160 (366,634)

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Momentum return, Common Components, Market States, Fama-French factors, Macroeconomic factors

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The Dynamics of Smoothing: What Drives Appraisal Smoothing?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2011
Youngha Cho, Soosung Hwang and Yong-ki Lee
Oxford Brookes University, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Smoothing, Time-varying model, Fundamentals

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The Price Impact of Deposit in Residential Lease Contracts: The Collapse of Chonsei System in Korea

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Jan 2015
Soosung Hwang, Sanha Noh and Jinho Shin
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Jeonbuk National University and Kakaobank
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Property pricing model, Deposit to price ratio, Antichresis lease, Chonsei

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네트워크를 통해 분석한 국내 금융기관간 상호연계성 연구- 외환위기와 글로벌금융위기를 중심으로-(Measuring the Systemic Risk in the Korean Financial Institution Using Network Analysis)

Financial Stability Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation(KDIC), 2019, pp. 51-101.
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 28 Jun 2019
Jeonghun Mun and Soosung Hwang
Sungkyunkwan University and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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시스테믹 리스크, 상호연계성, 네트워크 분석, 구조변화, 위험전이, systemic risk, interconnectedness, network analysis, structural break, contagion

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When Do the Discount Sums of Moving Averages Converge to the Normality?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Sep 2008
Ba M. Chu and Soosung Hwang
Carleton University and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics
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Absolutely regular mixing, CLT (FCLT), Discount sums, Moving average

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Multi-facets of Beta

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2022
Soosung Hwang and Alexandre Rubesam
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and IESEG School of Management
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Asymmetric Response Model, Firm Characteristics, Fama-MacBeth procedure, Contemporaneous Risk-Return Relationship.

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Market Stress and Herding

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 May 2004
Soosung Hwang and Mark Salmon
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics
Downloads 49 (766,898)
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Herding, heterogenous beliefs, cross-sectional volatility

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The Impact of UK Household Overconfidence in Public Information on House Prices

Posted: 27 May 2016 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2021
Soosung Hwang, Youngha Cho and Jinho Shin
Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Oxford Brookes University and Kakaobank

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Overconfidence; Public Signals; Households; House Prices; Bayesian Updating

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Does Illiquidity Matter in Residential Properties?

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2021
Youngha Cho, Soosung Hwang and Jinho Shin
Oxford Brookes University, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Kakaobank

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Illiquidity costs, Residential properties, Flight to Quality

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The Dynamics of Appraisal Smoothing

Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Nov 2012
Youngha Cho, Soosung Hwang and Yong-ki Lee
Oxford Brookes University, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics

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Smoothing, Time-varying model, Fundamentals

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The Optimal Mortgage Loan Portfolio in UK Regional Residential Real Estate

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2012
Posted: 19 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2013
Youngha Cho, Soosung Hwang and Stephen E. Satchell
Oxford Brookes University, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics

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Large deviation theory, Mortgage loans, Optimal portfolio, Regional allocation

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Commercial Real Estate Returns: An Anatomy of Smoothing in Asset and Index Returns

Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 11 Aug 2011
Shaun A. Bond, Soosung Hwang and Gianluca Marcato
UQ Business School, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics and Henley Business School - University of Reading

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Commercial real estate, smoothing, ARFIMA