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Residential Real Estate Brokerage Efficiency and the Implications of Franchising: A Bayesian Approach

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  • Danielle Lewis
  • Randy Anderson

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This paper provides substantial evidence that real estate brokerage firms choosing to franchise are more cost‐efficient than firms that remain independent. It uses 1995 cost data obtained from a nationwide survey of real estate brokerages to analyze the differences in firm efficiency across firm type—franchised and independent. We estimate a single stochastic cost frontier using Bayesian statistics and measure firm efficiency relative to that frontier conditional on firm type. The results indicate that real estate brokerages are relatively efficient, implying a competitive market, but franchised brokerages are substantially more efficient than their independent counterparts.

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  • Danielle Lewis & Randy Anderson, 1999. "Residential Real Estate Brokerage Efficiency and the Implications of Franchising: A Bayesian Approach," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 27(3), pages 543-560, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reesec:v:27:y:1999:i:3:p:543-560
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-6229.00783
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    1. Koop, Gary & Steel, Mark F.J. & Osiewalski, Jacek, 1992. "Posterior analysis of stochastic frontier models using Gibbs sampling," DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS 3677, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística.
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