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Article: Surrendering the environment for capital gain and Olson's group theory: A case study of the dissolution of housing co-operative societies in Hong Kong

TitleSurrendering the environment for capital gain and Olson's group theory: A case study of the dissolution of housing co-operative societies in Hong Kong
Authors
KeywordsCo-operative society
Developers
Land value
Olson's group theory
Property rights
Real option
Issue Date2012
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatint
Citation
Habitat International, 2012, v. 36 n. 2, p. 261-267 How to Cite?
AbstractThis paper describes the rise of the co-operative housing of civil servants and its fall during the transition of Hong Kong from a British colony to a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. Olson's group theory was adopted to explain the timing of the dissolution in a context of uncertainty in the property rights of land; the terms of civil service appointments; and the housing market. The size of the ownership body and the value of the land were evaluated as factors affecting dissolution decisions. It was found that in agreement with Olson's theory, the number of members of the body had a statistically significant positive relationship with the life (between formation and dissolution) of the co-operative body. In addition, it was also found that factors that affected the opportunity cost of maintaining status quo, including the value of the land on which the co-op scheme sits and the real option value of redevelopment, had a significant impact on the timing of the dissolution of the co-op. The implications for using Olson's theory were also discussed. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/145934
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.630
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dc.contributor.authorChau, KWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKwong, JWYen_HK
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dc.identifier.citationHabitat International, 2012, v. 36 n. 2, p. 261-267en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the rise of the co-operative housing of civil servants and its fall during the transition of Hong Kong from a British colony to a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. Olson's group theory was adopted to explain the timing of the dissolution in a context of uncertainty in the property rights of land; the terms of civil service appointments; and the housing market. The size of the ownership body and the value of the land were evaluated as factors affecting dissolution decisions. It was found that in agreement with Olson's theory, the number of members of the body had a statistically significant positive relationship with the life (between formation and dissolution) of the co-operative body. In addition, it was also found that factors that affected the opportunity cost of maintaining status quo, including the value of the land on which the co-op scheme sits and the real option value of redevelopment, had a significant impact on the timing of the dissolution of the co-op. The implications for using Olson's theory were also discussed. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/habitatinten_HK
dc.relation.ispartofHabitat Internationalen_HK
dc.rightsNOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in <Habitat International>. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in PUBLICATION, [VOL 36 , ISSUE 2, (2012)] DOI 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.10.004]-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCo-operative societyen_HK
dc.subjectDevelopersen_HK
dc.subjectLand valueen_HK
dc.subjectOlson's group theoryen_HK
dc.subjectProperty rightsen_HK
dc.subjectReal optionen_HK
dc.titleSurrendering the environment for capital gain and Olson's group theory: A case study of the dissolution of housing co-operative societies in Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailLai, LWC:wclai@hku.hken_HK
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