Previousstudiesdefinedappraisalsmoothingasreducedvolatilityorthelagstructureofappraisal-basedindexascomparedtotransaction-basedindex.Mostofthesestudiesexaminedfromanaggregatelevelandusedextensivedatasetsinordertode-smooththeappraisal-basedindex.ThispaperaimstoobservesmoothingbehavioramongstappraisersinTaiwan.Itusesre-appraisaldataofT-REITsandemploysthepartialadjustmentmodeldevelopedbyQuanandQuigley(1991)toobservesmoothingphenomena.Theresultsshowthattheconfidenceparameteris0.63andverifiesthatpartialadjustmentsexisted.WefindthatappraisersinTaiwanplacelessweightstomarketinformationbecauseofmarketnoise.Andweobservethatappraiserhasvariousadjustmentstrategies,biggerclientmoreconservative. |