Lee, C (2019) Financing method for real estate and infrastructure development using Markowitz's portfolio selection model and the Monte Carlo simulation. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(9), pp. 2008-2022. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: Special purpose companies issue stocks to raise money to finance development of real estate and infrastructure. The advantage of a stock issue is that it does not entail financial cost such as interest on a loan. However, financing obtained in this way has been insufficient due to low interest by investors because of the large variability of the stocks' earnings rates. The purpose of this paper is to propose methods to improve investment earnings rate for financing. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed methods are Markowitz’s model and a combination of Markowitz’s model and Monte Carlo simulation. The proposed methods were verified by comparison with actual earnings rate. Findings: The earnings rate was increased by as much as 23 percent over the actual value. Then, earnings rate compared with risk was analyzed using the Sharpe ratio which is a method to measure investment performance. The performance was also increased by as much as 23 percent over the actual value. The proposed method can help activate investment by increasing investors' interest in the stock issue. Originality/value: This study verified that Markowitz’s portfolio model, which is used for econometrics, could be applied for financing of construction project. It is valuable because the previous studies did not propose the method for financing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | management; project management; strategic management |
| Index terms: | portfolio selection, infrastructure development, financing, construction project, strategic management, methodology, Monte Carlo simulation, investor, econometric, project management, variability, real estate |
| Subjects: | production management, project management theory and practice, infrastructure engineering, management, research methods, statistical analysis, asset management, sociology, economic analysis, real estate economics, modelling and simulation |
| Topics: | Urban Studies, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Stakeholder Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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