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The impact of superstition: Writing on the wall by Professor Sumit Agarwal

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The impact of superstition: Writing on the wall Superstitions might seem a harmless quirk, but when they start to affect asset prices they have an impact on national development and welfare.

Congratulations to Assoc. Prof Sing Tien Foo

Assoc. Prof Sing Tien Foo is invited to join as a member of the Examination and Professional Development Committee, Council for Estate Agencies with effect from 26 Oct 2014 for a period of two years.

Congratulations to Assoc. Prof Joseph Ooi

Assoc. Prof Joseph Ooi has been appointed to the editorial board for The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics with immediate effect.

Congratulations to Prof Sumit Agarwal.

His paper with Chomsisengphet, S., N. Mahoney and J. Stroebel entitled “Regulating Consumer Financial Products: Evidence from the Card Act” has been accepted at the Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE).

Assoc. Prof. Tu Yong has been appointed as Acting Deputy Head (Academic) from 1 Aug 2014 to 30 Jun 2015. She will assist the Head of Department in providing academic leadership and management when Assoc. Prof Joseph Ooi goes on sabbatical leave.

Congratulations to Dr. Qin Yu!

Dr Qin Yu, our newly joined faculty member, had her paper “Networked Leaders in the Shadow of the Market: A Chinese Experiment in Allocating Land Conversion Rights” included in the conference program of the NBER Meeting in October. Only a small subset of the large submissions can be included in the program.

Congratulations to Assoc. Prof Alice Christudason!

Assoc. Prof Alice Christudason was elected to be the Vice-Chair of the NUS Teaching Academy’s Executive Council (Exco) with effect from 1 July 2014, for a two-year term. The Exco is actively involved in defining the direction of the Academy for both the short and long term. The Exco also undertakes the day-to-day operations of the Academy, and is responsible for making decisions on behalf of all Fellows.

Congratulations to Professor Sumit Agarwal!

Prof Sumit Agarwal has been appointed as the Low Tuck Kwong Professor in the NUS Business School. The appointment is in recognition of his outstanding and impactful scholarly accomplishments, which are internationally acknowledged. It is tenable for a period of five years, from July 2014 to June 2019.

Issue no. 2 of NUS Real Estate News is out.
Do go here to read it: http://www.ires.nus.edu.sg/newsletter2014/Issue2/issue2.pdf

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Congratulations to Kang Mo Koo for recieving the Best Graduate Student Research Award by the Asia Society and Urban Land Institute.

PhD student Kang Mo Koo won the Best Graduate Student Research Award given by the Asia Society and Urban Land Institute at the 2nd Pacific Cities Sustainability Initiative (PCSI)
Forum held in Manila, Philippines, during 11-13 March 2014. The objective of the forum is to share the knowledge and enhance the understanding the current issues in urban studies by both professional and academics. The winning research is entitled “Congestion Tax & Economic Externality in Real Estate Market”.

City mayors from the Philippines, New Zealand, and other Asian-Pacific regions shared their experiences and discussed challenges facing the local government and industry leaders regarding the disaster resilience, green and environmental sustainability, urban land and traffic planning, etc. He is one of the winning graduate students (with other winners from UCLA, USC, Georgetown, MIT and Melbourne) to share their research findings with the
participating city mayors and industry leaders. His presentation was well received among the mayors and other participants.

Professor Liow Kim Hiang’s paper “Volatility interdependence in European real estate securities markets: Who is the most influential?” published in the Journal of European Real Estate Research was chosen as a winner for Highly Commended Paper by the journal’s editorial team for 2013.

Congratulations to Li Qing for winning the EBS Aareal Award of Excellence in Real Estate Research under the category "Research Paper". The award (given by The Real Estate Management Institute of the EBS Business School and Aareal Bank AG) is for academically-outstanding research work in real estate economics.