PHILIPPE THALMANN is Professor of Economic at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He teaches and writes on the economics of the housing, property and construction markets; the economics of the environment; and sustainable development. - MILAD ZARIN-NEJADAN is Professor of Economics at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland. He is also a regular consultant to the Swiss Ministry of Economy and the OECD. His areas of expertise include economic policy, public economics and public finance. -

• Introduction; P.Thalmann & M.Zarin-Nejadan Diversification as a Strategy for Minimising Fluctuations in Construction Firm Turnovers; M.Ball & P.Antonioni The 1985-95 Cycle in Real Estate Markets: Bubble or Shock; D.Cornuel & F.Calcoen Estimating Construction Demand in Singapore: Potential of Neural Networks; F.Tan & G.Ofori Lump-sum Moving Cost; G.Romijn Rent Growth Control and the Transition of Land to Urban Use; A.McFarlane

PHILIPPE THALMANN is Professor of Economic at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He teaches and writes on the economics of the housing, property and construction markets; the economics of the environment; and sustainable development. - MILAD ZARIN-NEJADAN is Professor of Economics at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland. He is also a regular consultant to the Swiss Ministry of Economy and the OECD. His areas of expertise include economic policy, public economics and public finance. -

• Introduction; P.Thalmann & M.Zarin-Nejadan Diversification as a Strategy for Minimising Fluctuations in Construction Firm Turnovers; M.Ball & P.Antonioni The 1985-95 Cycle in Real Estate Markets: Bubble or Shock; D.Cornuel & F.Calcoen Estimating Construction Demand in Singapore: Potential of Neural Networks; F.Tan & G.Ofori Lump-sum Moving Cost; G.Romijn Rent Growth Control and the Transition of Land to Urban Use; A.McFarlane

PHILIPPE THALMANN is Professor of Economic at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He teaches and writes on the economics of the housing, property and construction markets; the economics of the environment; and sustainable development. - MILAD ZARIN-NEJADAN is Professor of Economics at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland. He is also a regular consultant to the Swiss Ministry of Economy and the OECD. His areas of expertise include economic policy, public economics and public finance. -

• Introduction; P.Thalmann & M.Zarin-Nejadan Diversification as a Strategy for Minimising Fluctuations in Construction Firm Turnovers; M.Ball & P.Antonioni The 1985-95 Cycle in Real Estate Markets: Bubble or Shock; D.Cornuel & F.Calcoen Estimating Construction Demand in Singapore: Potential of Neural Networks; F.Tan & G.Ofori Lump-sum Moving Cost; G.Romijn Rent Growth Control and the Transition of Land to Urban Use; A.McFarlane