David C LingDavid C. Ling is the McGurn Professor of Real Estate at the University of Florida. Professor Ling received an MBA (1977) in finance and a Ph.D. (1984) in real estate and economics from The Ohio State University. His academic and professional publicatons have included articles on housing policy and economics, mortgage markets and pricing, private commercial real estate investments, publicly traded real estate companies, and performance evaluation. Professor Ling's research has been published in general interest finance journals (Journal of Financial Economics), leading field journals in finance and economics (e.g., Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Banking and Finance, National Tax Journal), as well as the leading real estate focused journals (Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research).

During 2000, Professor Ling served as President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA). From 2000 to 2005, he also served as editor of Real Estate Economics. Professor Ling serves on numerous journal editorial boards including Real Estate Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, the Journal of European Real Estate Research, and The Journal of Real Estate Research. In 2011, Professor Ling was the recipient of the George Bloom Award, which is presented annually by the Directors of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association for "outstanding contributions to the field of real estate academics." In 2010, he was awarded the David Ricardo Medal by the American Real Estate Society, which is ARES's highest honor "in recognition of research productivity and influence over a 20-year period."

Additional information on Professor Ling is available at http: //warrington.ufl.edu/directory/person/5291.
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