Wenlan Qian

National University of Singapore - NUS Business School

Professor of Finance and Real Estate

15 Kent Ridge Drive

Singapore 117592, 119245

Singapore

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Scholarly Papers (38)

1.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumption: Learning from High Frequency Transaction Data

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2021
Haiqiang Chen, Wenlan Qian and Qiang Wen
Xiamen University, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Sichuan University - Business School
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COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic, consumption, economic impact, policy response, fiscal stimulus, transaction data

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The Real Impact of FinTech: Evidence from Mobile Payment Technology

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 16 May 2025
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, Zhejiang University, National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Economics and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
Downloads 5,259 (3,685)
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FinTech, Mobile payment, Cash, Credit card, Real effect, Small business, Business creation, Entrepreneurship, Consumption, Banking, Digital economy, Transaction cost, Inclusive growth

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Citation 51

How Constraining Are Limits to Arbitrage?

Institute of Global Finance Working Paper No. 7
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 20 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 06 May 2016
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 1,909 (18,782)
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Informational arbitrage, limits to arbitrage, short sale constraints, mispricing, short selling, activist short sellers, trading strategies, behavioral finance, market efficiency

How Constraining are Limits to Arbitrage? Evidence from a Recent Financial Innovation

NBER Working Paper No. w19834
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 154 (414,754)
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Mortgage Debt, Hand-to-Mouth Households, and Monetary Policy Transmission

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 27 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2020
National University of Singapore, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Peking University, Nankai University, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Zhejiang University
Downloads 1,135 (41,704)
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Consumption, Monetary Policy, Disposable Income Shocks, MPC, Mortgage, Housing, Policy, Constraints, Credit Access, Wealthy Hand-to-Mouth, Debt, Deleverage, Credit Cards, Household Finance, China

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Consumption and Debt Response to Unanticipated Income Shocks: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Singapore

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 04 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2014
Sumit Agarwal and Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 1,125 (42,241)
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Consumption, Spending, Debt, Credit Cards, Household Finance, Banks, Loans, Durable Goods, Discretionary Spending, Fiscal Policy, Tax Rebates, Liquidity Constraints, Credit Constraints, Precautionary Savings, Anticipated and Unanticipated Income Shocks, Announcement Effects.

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Mobile Wallet and Entrepreneurial Growth

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Dec 2018
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Downloads 1,114 (42,868)
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mobile wallet, cashless payment, entrepreneurship, small business, sales growth, credit card, debit card, banking, fintech, digital economy

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Thy Neighbor’s Misfortune: Peer Effect on Consumption

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 19 May 2016 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2020
Sumit Agarwal, Wenlan Qian and Xin Zou
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Downloads 1,068 (45,446)
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Peer Effect, Social Multiplier, Consumption, Spending, Bankruptcy, Debt, Credit Cards, Household Finance, Banks, Loans, Durable Goods, Discretionary Spending

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Disaggregated Sales and Stock Returns

Management Science
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
Sumit Agarwal, Wenlan Qian and Xin Zou
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Downloads 989 (50,664)
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return predictability, informed investors, disaggregated sales, customer demand, credit cards, consumption, household finance, financial institution, big data

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Age of Decision: Pension Savings Withdrawal and Consumption and Debt Response

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2018
Sumit Agarwal, Jessica Pan and Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 842 (63,263)
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Aging, Pension Savings, Consumption, Spending, Debt, Credit Cards, Household Finance, Banks, Loans, Durable Goods, Discretionary Spending, Liquidity Constraints, Credit Constraints

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Disguised Corruption: Evidence from Consumer Credit in China

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 13 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2018
Sumit Agarwal, Wenlan Qian, Amit Seru and Jian Zhang
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, Stanford University and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 821 (65,477)
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Corruption, Credit Cards, Credit, Debt, Household Finance, Government, Bureaucrats, Banking, Political Connections, China

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Access to Home Equity and Consumption: Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2015
Sumit Agarwal and Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 708 (79,525)
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Consumption, Spending, Debt, Credit Cards, Home Equity, Household Finance, Banks, Loans, Durable Goods, Discretionary Spending, Precautionary Savings, Credit Constraints

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Competition of the Informed: Does the Presence of Short Sellers Affect Insider Selling?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, INSEAD Working Paper No. 2014/63/FIN
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2014
Massimo Massa, Wenlan Qian, Weibiao Xu and Hong Zhang
INSEAD - Finance, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Downloads 666 (85,899)
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Short Selling, Insider Trading, Informed Trader, Market Efficiency

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Housing Booms and Shirking

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 19 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Quanlin Gu, Jia He, Wenlan Qian and Yuan Ren
Peking University, Nankai University, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Zhejiang University
Downloads 638 (90,836)
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Labor supply, shirking, effort, wealth effect, housing wealth, incentive cost, productivity, credit card, household finance, China

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Employee Output Response to Stock Market Wealth Shocks

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
Teng Li, Wenlan Qian, Wei A. Xiong and Xin Zou
Sun Yat-sen University, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Downloads 617 (94,789)
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Stock Investment Return, Stock Market Wealth, Consumption, Worker Output, Work Performance, Labor Supply, Reference Dependence, Household Finance

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Fortunes of Dragons: Cohort Size Effects on Life Outcomes

Agarwal, Sumit, Wenlan Qian, Tien Foo Sing and Poh Lin Tan. 2021. Fortunes of Dragons: Cohort Size Effects on Life Outcomes. Population Studies 75(2): 191-207. DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2020.1864458
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2021
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Real Estate and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Downloads 538 (112,772)
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Cohort Size, Cohort Effect, Superstition, Fertility, Education, Income, Consumption, Consumer Behavior, Household Finance

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The Role of Consumption in Marriage Commitment: Evidence from Singapore’s Build-to-Order Program

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2023
Sumit Agarwal, Yi Fan, Wenlan Qian and Tien Foo Sing
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN), National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Real Estate
Downloads 495 (124,788)

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public housing, affordability, private consumption, marriage friction

Tax Differential and Cross-Border Shopping: Evidence from Singapore

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 May 2013 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2017
National University of Singapore, Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS)
Downloads 312 (208,983)
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Consumption, Spending, Credit Cards, Household Finance, Banks, Discretionary Spending, Fiscal Policy, Tax

Tax Differential and Cross-Border Shopping: Evidence from Singapore

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3038550
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2018
National University of Singapore, Government of the United States of America - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Singapore University of Social Sciences
Downloads 162 (396,881)
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Cross Border Shopping, Consumption, Spending, Credit Cards, Household Finance, Banks, Discretionary Spending, Fiscal Policy, Taxation

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Supporting Seniors: How Low-Income Elderly Individuals Respond to a Retirement Support Program

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2023
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Finance and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
Downloads 436 (145,223)

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retirement support, cash transfer, consumption, liquidity constraints

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Golf Buddies and Board Diversity

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Dec 2015
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore - Dept of Accounting and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Real Estate
Downloads 417 (152,965)
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Board of Directors, Golf, Gender, Board Diversity

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Speculative Investors and Transactions Tax: Evidence from the Housing Market

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2015
Yuming Fu, Wenlan Qian and Bernard Yin Yeung
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
Downloads 387 (166,396)
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transaction tax, volatility, speculators, informed traders, noise traders, housing market

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The Composition Effect of Consumption around Retirement: Evidence from Singapore

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Nov 2014
Sumit Agarwal, Jessica Pan and Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 353 (184,257)
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Life Cycle, Aging, Pension Savings, Consumption, Spending, Debt, Credit Cards, Household Finance, Banks, Loans, Durable Goods, Discretionary Spending, Liquidity Constraints, Credit Constraints

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Taxing the Rich to Finance Redistribution – Evidence from a Permanent Tax Increase in Singapore

Forthcoming in Management Science
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore
Downloads 311 (211,421)

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income tax; consumption; savings; redistributive policy; fiscal policy

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Like Father Like Son? Social Engineering and Intergenerational Mobility in Housing Consumption

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2023
Sumit Agarwal, Yi Fan, Wenlan Qian and Tien Foo Sing
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN), National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Real Estate
Downloads 301 (218,963)

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housing consumption, intergenerational mobility, social engineering programs, human capital

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The Effectiveness of Housing Collateral Tightening Policy

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2018
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 280 (236,305)
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credit supply, mortgage market, household finance

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Singles Day and Consumer Spending Offline

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2020
Haiqiang Chen and Wenlan Qian
Xiamen University - Wang Yanan Institute for studies in Economics and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
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Spending, Consumption, E-Commerce, Online, Offline, Redistributive Effect, Stimulus Program, Credit Card, Debit Card, Household Finance, Shopping Holiday, Singles Day, China

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Scared Away: Credit Demand Response to Expected Motherhood Penalty in the Labor Market

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 16 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2025
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - CUHK Business School, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) - Lingnan (University) College, TCL Corporate Research and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
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Motherhood Penalty, Two-child Policy, Gender Gap, P2P lending, Household Finance

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The Ownership Complaint Gap: Mutual vs. Stock Intermediaries

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Feb 2019
Jiang Cheng, Wenlan Qian and David M. Reeb
Lingnan University, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore - Dept of Accounting
Downloads 233 (284,179)
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Organizational Structure; Insurance; Regulation; Consumer Complaints; Financial Intermediary; Ownership; Consumer Financial Protection; Property-Casualty; Claim Delay; Claim Denial

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The Hidden Peril: The Role of the Condo Loan Market in the Recent Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 07 May 2014
National University of Singapore, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Department of Real Estate and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 218 (302,943)
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Financial Crisis, Condo Market, Default, Mortgages, Household Finance, Investors, Speculators, Subprime Mortgages

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How Constraining Are Limits to Arbitrage?

27th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2014 Paper
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 22 Aug 2014
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 134 (465,596)
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Informational arbitrage, limits to arbitrage; short sale constraints; mispricing; short selling; activist short sellers; trading strategies; behavioral finance; market efficiency

How Constraining are Limits to Arbitrage?

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 29 Jul 2014
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Swedish House of Finance and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 65 (759,863)
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informational arbitrage; limits to arbitrage; short sale constraints; mispricing; short selling; activist short sellers; trading strategies; behavioral finance; market efficiency

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Liquidity Constraint Threat and Household Indebtedness

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 May 2023 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2024
Sumit Agarwal, Wenlan Qian and Xin Zou
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Downloads 177 (367,408)

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Liquidity Constraints, Household Indebtedness, Financial Regulations, Unsecured Debt, Credit Suspension, Credit Cards, Household Finance

Speculators and Price Overreaction in the Housing Market

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2012
Yuming Fu and Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 164 (392,604)
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short-term speculators, price overreaction, momentum trading, housing market

Speculators and Price Overreaction in the Housing Market

Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Apr 2013
Yuming Fu and Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School

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short-term speculators, price overreaction, momentum trading, housing market

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Short Term Buyers and Housing Market Dynamics

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2012
Robert H. Edelstein and Wenlan Qian
University of California, Berkeley - Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 159 (403,561)
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transaction cost, trading volume, return predictability, housing market, short term investors

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Consumption Response to Temporary Price Shock: Evidence from Singapore's Annual Sale Event

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 14 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2022
Sumit Agarwal, Kang Mo Koo and Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore, Yonsei University, Mirae Campus and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 146 (433,044)

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Consumption, Great Singapore Sale, credit card, debit card, household finance, spending, transitory shocks, fiscal stimulus program

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Singles Day and Consumer Spending Offline

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Dec 2023
Haiqiang Chen, Wenlan Qian and Qiang Wen
Xiamen University, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and Sichuan University - Business School
Downloads 126 (487,538)

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spending, consumption, E-Commerce, online, offline, redistributive effect, stimulus program, credit card, debit card, household finance, shopping holiday, Singles day, China

Why Do Sellers Hold Out in the Housing Market? An Option-Based Explanation

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2012
Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore - NUS Business School
Downloads 125 (492,740)
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trading volume, real estate liquidity, housing market, real options

Why Do Sellers Hold Out in the Housing Market? An Option-Based Explanation

Real Estate Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 22 Feb 2012
Wenlan Qian
National University of Singapore - NUS Business School

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trading volume, liquidity, housing market, real options

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Speculative Investors and Tobin's Tax in the Housing Market

NBER Working Paper No. w19400
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Yuming Fu, Wenlan Qian and Bernard Yin Yeung
National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
Downloads 51 (843,559)

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Association Between Bike-Sharing Systems and the Blood Pressure of Local Citizens: A Cross-Sectional Study in China

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Sep 2024
National University of Singapore, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) - Lingnan College, National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, Chinese PLA General Hospital and Zhejiang University
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bike-sharing, blood pressure, public health, sharing economy, physical activity

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Short-Term Buyers and Housing Market Dynamics

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2014
Posted: 15 Nov 2014
Robert H. Edelstein and Wenlan Qian
University of California, Berkeley - Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics and National University of Singapore - NUS Business School

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Trading volume; Return predictability; Housing markets; Short term buyers

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 304
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Unintended Consequences of Demand-side Housing Policies: Evidence from Household Reallocation of Capital

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 15 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2022
Wenlan Qian, Hong Tu, Jing Wu and Weibiao Xu
National University of Singapore - NUS Business School, APEC Study Center of Nankai University, Tsinghua University - Hang Lung Center for Real Estate and Singapore University of Social Sciences
Downloads 304 (281,614)

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housing market, housing demand, housing policies, expectation formation, extrapolative belief, stock market participation, investment choice, resource allocation