David C. Ling

Ken and Linda McGurn Professor
Full Professor
Director, Master of Science - Real Estate

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University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
Stuzin Hall 301C

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David Ling is the Ken and Linda McGurn Professor of Real Estate and Director of the Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) program in the Department of Finance at the University of Florida. He teaches courses in real estate finance and investment at the graduate level as well as the undergraduate real estate principles course.

Professor Ling’s publications include articles on real estate investment trusts, private commercial real estate investments including closed-end funds, performance evaluation, Section 1031 exchanges, and commercial mortgage markets and pricing. His research has been published in leading field journals in finance and economics, as well as the leading real estate focused journals. Professor Ling’s research has been supported by research grants from various professional organizations, including Nareit, the National Association of Realtors Research Division, the Fannie Mae Foundation, the National Association of Home Builders, the Real Estate Research Institute, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. His textbook (co-authored with Wayne Archer) titled Real Estate Principles: A Value Approach (7^th ed.) is the most widely used principles of real estate textbook at universities that offer at least a four-year undergraduate degree.

Professor Ling served as the President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association in 2000 and was co-editor of the Associations’ journal, Real Estate Economics, from 2000-2006. In 2010, he was awarded the David Ricardo Medal by the American Real Estate Society. This is ARES’ highest honor “in recognition of research productivity and influence over a twenty-year period.” In 2011, Professor Ling was the recipient of the George Bloom Award. This award is presented annually by the Directors of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association for “outstanding contributions to the field of real estate academics.”

Professor Ling is both a Fellow and faculty member, and served as Dean (2007-2016), of the Homer Hoyt Institute, a non-profit research and educational institute whose mission includes connecting industry and academic researchers. In recent years, he has also had part-time appointments in The Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, the University of Reading, the Swedish School of Economics, and the National University of Singapore.

Professor Ling holds a MBA in finance and Ph.D. in real estate and economics from the Ohio State University.

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Education All years

PhD, The Ohio State University, 1984
MBA, The Ohio State University, 1977
BSBA, Central Michigan University, 1976

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Bergstrom Center honors Alumnus of the Year, David Rattner — March 7, 2025 — The University of Florida Warrington College of Business is proud to honor David Rattner (MSRE ’03) as the Bergstrom Real Estate Center’...
Real estate education benefits at the University of Florida with David Ling — April 16, 2024 — David Ling, Ken and Linda McGurn Professor and Director of the Nathan S. Collier Master of Science Real Estate program at UF Warrington, joi...
Bergstrom Center honors Alumnus of the Year for decades of advocacy and service — March 1, 2024 — The University of Florida Warrington College of Business is proud to honor Steven DeRose (BA ’03, BSBA ’03, MSF ’04) as the Bergstrom...
Real life of a real estate academic — August 28, 2023 — In this edition of our faculty spotlight series, Dr. David Ling shares his career journey to becoming one of the leading academics in real...
3 top finance textbooks share the same home – UF’s Warrington College of Business — January 5, 2022 — What do some of the world’s leading finance textbooks have in common? Besides critical lessons on topics ranging from financial management...

Courses taught Last 3 years

Advanced DBA Research (FIN7978)
DBA Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (FIN7986)
Individual Work in Real Estate (REE6905)
Introduction to Real Estate (REE6045)
Investment Property Analysis (REE6395)
Real Estate Analysis (REE3043)
Real Estate Case Studies (REE6935)
Real Estate Private Equity (REE6395)
Special Topics (GEB6930)

PhD students advised Last 3 years

Dietz — 2024 — 2025
Tim Becker — 2022 — 2023
Angel Rafael Arroyo — 2021 — 2022
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Professional service Last 5 years

Board of Directors, Real Estate Research Institute — 2004 to Present
Editorial Review Board Member, ARES Journal of Real Estate Research — 2005 to Present
Editorial Review Board Member, AREUEA Real Estate Economics — 1997 to Present
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of European Real Estate Research — 2017 to Present
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics — 2000 to Present
Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Real Estate Research — 1995 to Present
Committee Member, Research Council-National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2012 to 2024
Special Issue Editor, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics — 2018 to 2020
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Book publications Last 5 years

Real Estate Principles: A Value Perspective 6th edition
Status: Published
Published Year: 2020
Authors: David Ling, Wayne Archer
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Book chapter publications Last 5 years

“Performance Manipulation in Private Equity”
Status: Accepted
Published Year: 2023
Authors: Andy Naranjo, David Ling, Jackson Blake
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Journal article publications Last 5 years

u0022Overlapping Real Asset Networks and Corporate Investment”
Status: Working Paper
Authors: Andy Naranjo, David Ling, Chongyu Wang, Jeff Cohen
“Catering and Return Manipulation in Private Equity”
Status: Working Paper
Journal: Journal of Financial Economics
Authors: Andy Naranjo, David Ling, Jackson Blake
“The Need for Speed: Internet Infrastructure Location and Real Asset Values”
Status: Working Paper
Authors: Andy Naranjo, David Ling, Ben Scheick
Granular Property Shocks and Commercial Real Estate Returns
Status: Accepted
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Accepted Year: 2025
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu Wang, Tingyu Zhou Zhou
Work-From-Home, COVID-19, and Online Retail Effects on Commercial Real Estate Prices
Status: Working Paper
Authors: John Duca, David Ling
Public vs. Private Real Estate in Pension Plan Portfolios
Status: Working Paper
Authors: Ryan Chacon, David Ling, Sugata Ray
The Taxation of Carried Interests in Commercial Real Estate Investments
Status: Working Paper
Authors: David Ling, Joseph Pagliari
Climate Change and Commercial Real Estate: The Role of Shocks, Retail Investors, and Media Attention
Status: Accepted
Journal: Journal of Regional Science
Accepted Year: 2024
Authors: David Ling, Spenser Robinson, Andrew Sanderford, Chongyu Wang
How High is the Bar? Pension Fund Benchmark Choices in Real Estate
Status: Working Paper
Authors: Alexander Carlo, Piet Eichholtz, Nils Kok, David Ling
Price Predictability in Liquid Funds with Illiquid Underlying Assets: The Case of Real Estate
Status: Accepted
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Accepted Year: 2023
Authors: William Hughes, David Ling, Sugata Ray, Luqi Xu
Value Implications of REITing and DeREITing
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Published Year: 2023
Authors: David Ling, Sugata Ray, Alan Tidwell, Luqi Xu
How Do Institutional Investors React to Local Shocks During a Crisis? A Test Using the COVID-19 Pandemic
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published Year: 2023
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu Wang, Tingyu Zhou
Corporate Real Estate Usage and Firm Valuation
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Published Year: 2023
Authors: Qing Li, David Ling, Qie 'Ellie' Yin
IPO Underpricing and the Role of Geographic and Asset Diversification: Evidence from US REITs
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published Year: 2022
Authors: David Ling, Gianluca Marcato, Chen Zheng
Homeownership and Taxes: How the TCJA Altered the Tax Code’s Treatment of Housing
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Accepted Year: 2022
Authors: Brent Ambrose, Patric Hendershott, David Ling, Gary McGill
Private Equity Real Estate Fund Performance: A Comparison to REITs and Open-end Core Funds
Status: Accepted
Journal: Journal of Portfolio Management
Published Year: 2021
Authors: Andy Naranjo, David Ling, Thomas Arnold
Asset Productivity, Local Information Diffusion, and Commercial Real Estate Returns
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published Year: 2021
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu Wang, Tingyu Zhou
There’s No Place like Home: Local Asset Concentrations and Information Asymmetries
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published Year: 2021
Authors: David Ling, Andy Naranjo, Benjamin Scheick
Institutional Common Ownership, Motivated Investors, and Firm Value: Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published Year: 2021
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu Wong, Tingyu Zhou
The Geography of Real Property Information and Investment: Firm Location, Asset Location, and Institutional Ownership
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published Year: 2021
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu Wong, Tingyu Zhou
How do Personal Assets Affect Professional Asset Management? Evidence from Hedge Fund Managers' Real Estate Transactions
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published Year: 2021
Authors: David Ling, Yan Lu, Sugata Ray
The Wealth Effects of REIT Property Acquisitions and Dispositions: The Creditors’ Perspective
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Published Year: 2020
Authors: David Ling, Qing Li, Masaki Mori, Seow Ong
Risk Premia, Regulatory Capital Arbitrage, and the Other (Commercial) Real Estate Boom and Bust
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Banking & Finance
Published Year: 2020
Authors: John Duca, David Ling
A First Look at the Impact of COVID19 on Commercial Real Estate Prices: Asset Level Evidence
Status: Published
Journal: The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
Published Year: 2020
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu Wang, Tingyu Zhou
The Impact of Like-kind Exchanges on Investment, Leverage and Liquidity
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Real Estate Literature
Published Year: 2020
Authors: David Ling, Milena Petrova
The Value of Tax Deferral: An Analysis of Real Estate Tax-Deferred Exchanges
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Real Estate Literature
Published Year: 2020
Authors: David Ling, David Barker, Milena Petrova
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David C. Ling

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