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The effects of the late 2000s global financial crisis on Australia’s construction demand

Construction Economics and Building

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Title The effects of the late 2000s global financial crisis on Australia’s construction demand
 
Creator Jiang, Heng
Jin, Xiao-Hua
Liu, Chunlu
 
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Vector error correction, intervention analysis, construction demand, the global financial crisis

 
Description An accurate measurement of the impacts of external shocks on construction demand will enable construction industry policymakers and developers to make allowances for future occurrences and advance the construction industry in a sustainable manner. This paper aims to measurethe dynamic effects of the late 2000s global financial crisis on the level of demand in the Australian construction industry. The vector error correction (VEC) model with intervention indicators is employed to estimate the external impact from the crisis on a macro-level construction economic indicator, namely construction demand. The methodology comprises six main stages to produce appropriate VEC models that describe the characteristics of the underlying process. Research findings suggestthat overall residential and non-residential construction demand were affected significantly by the recent crisis and seasonality. Non-residentialconstruction demand was disrupted more than residential construction demand at the crisis onset. The residential constructionindustry is more reactive and is able to recover faster following the crisis in comparison with the non-residential industry. The VEC model with intervention indicators developed in this study can be used as an experiment for an advanced econometric method. This can be used to analyse the effects of special eventsand factors not only on construction but also on other industries.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2013-09-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


 
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Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3602
10.5130/AJCEB.v13i3.3602
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 13, No 3 (2013): AJCEB Incorporating Special Issue on OH&S; 65-79
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3602/3747
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2013 Heng Jiang, Xiao-Hua Jin, Chunlu Liu
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