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Book cover "Sixth Edition: Real Estate Principles: A Value Approach" by David Ling and Wayne Archer (McGraw Hill)

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Wayne Archer and David Ling are the authors of “Real Estate Principles: A Value Approach,” in its sixth edition. The book is the leading publication in the field, having been adopted by over 250 universities, at last count.


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  • Wayne Archer is a professor emeritus of real estate.
  • Tim Becker is executive director of the UF Bergstrom Real Estate Center and an adjunct professor of real estate.
  • Bill Hughes is research director at the UF Bergstrom Real Estate Center and a clinical professor of real estate.
  • Qing Li is a clinical assistant professor of finance and real estate.
  • David Ling is the Ken and Linda McGurn Professor of Real Estate and director of the Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) program.
  • Steve Martin is a clinical assistant professor of real estate.

How Do Institutional Investors React to Local Shocks During a Crisis? A Test Using the COVID-19 Pandemic
Status: Accepted
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Authors: David Ling, Yan Lu, Sugata Ray

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

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

IPO Underpricing and the Role of Geographic and Asset Diversification: Evidence from US REITs
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Year published: 2022
Authors: David Ling, Gianluca Marcato, Chen Zheng

Commercial Property Market at a crossroads: The impact of COVID-19 and the Implications to Future Cities
Journal: Sustainability
Status: Published
Published Year: 2022
Authors: Yijia Wen, Li Fang, Qing Li[CB1]

Private Equity Real Estate Fund Performance: A Comparison to Listed REITs and Open-end Core Funds
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Portfolio Management
Year published: 2021
Authors: David Ling, Andy Naranjo, 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

Homeownership and Taxes: How the TCJA Altered the Tax Code’s Treatment of Housing
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published year: 2021
Authors: Brent Ambrose, Patric Hendershott, David Ling, Gary McGill

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

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[CB2] [CB3]

Institutional Common Ownership, Motivated Investors and Firm Value: Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts[CB4]
Status: Published
Journal: Real Estate Economics
Published year: 2021
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu Wang, 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 Wang, Tingyu Zhou

A First Look at the Impact of COVID19 on Commercial Real Estate Prices: Asset Level Evidence
Status: Published
Journal: Review of Asset Pricing Studies
Published year: 2020
Authors: David Ling, Chongyu and Tingyu Zhou

The Wealth Effects of REIT Property Acquisitions and Dispositions: The Creditors’ Perspective
Status: Published
Journal: Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Published Year: 2018
Authors: Qing Li, David Ling, Masaki Mori, SE Ong[CB5]

David Ling, “Explaining the Continued LP Demand for Closed-End PERE Funds (Given Their Relatively Poor Performance),” Pension Real Estate Association, fall meetings, Seattle, March 22, 2023

David Ling, “Have Private Equity Real Estate Funds Outperformed Public Market Benchmarks? (The Answer is No!),” keynote speaker, 29th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) Conference, Sydney, Australia, Jan. 15-17, 2023

David Ling, “The Need for Speed: Internet Infrastructure Location and Real Asset Values,” American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, annual meeting, New Orleans, Jan. 5-8, 2023

David Ling, “Discussion: Does Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket Add Value?,” 2022 Real Estate Research Institute Conference, Chicago, May 3, 2022

David Ling, “The Need for Speed: Internet Infrastructure Location and Real Asset Values,” Université Laval, Québec, Canada, April 22, 2022

David Ling, “Have Private Equity Real Estate Funds Outperformed Public and Private Market Benchmarks? (The Answer is No!),” keynote address, 5th Hospitality Finance & Economics Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 1, 2021

David Ling, The Real Estate Roundtable, 2020, “The Economic Impact of Repealing or Limiting Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges for Real Estate Properties: An Update” (with Milena Petrova), $70,000.

David Ling, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, 2019-2020, “Commercial Real Estate Return Performance: Listed REITs versus Private Equity Real Estate Fund Performance” (with Thomas Arnold and Andy Naranjo), $50,000.

David Ling, Real Estate Research Institute, 2018-2019, “Local Information Diffusion and Commercial Real Estate Returns: Understanding the Productivity of a Firm’s Asset Base (with Chongyu Wang and Tingyu Zhou), $15,000.

David Ling, Real Estate Research Institute, 2017-2018, “Private Equity Real Estate Funds: Returns, Risk Exposures, Persistence and the Validity of GP Reported Interim Results,” (with Tom Arnold and Andy Naranjo), $15,000.