Biography
Dr. Le Ma got a Bachelor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics in Qing Dao University in China. He was awarded a Master of Finance in RMIT University in 2007 and a PhD in Deakin University in 2011. He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Australian National University, before he joined in the School as a Research Fellow in 2014.
Read more on Le's profileResearch interests
Construction economics, construction productivity, econometric modelling, spatial analysis
Teaching interests
Building Economics
Awards
2011 CIOB Australasia Excellent Building Postgraduate (Research)
Publications
H Liu, P Love, L Ma, M Sing
(2021), Vol. 59, pp. 7390-7399, International Journal of Production Research, C1
Housing price dynamics on residential construction: A case study of the Australian property sector
L Ma, H Liu, D Edwards, M Sing
(2021), Vol. 59, pp. 525-532, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Responsiveness of residential construction-production progress to house price dynamics
L Ma, H Liu, M Sing
(2020), Vol. 14, pp. 796-814, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, C1
Separating owner-occupier and investor demands for housing in the Australian states
L Ma, R Reed, J Liang
(2019), Vol. 37, pp. 215-232, Journal of property investment and finance, Bingley, Eng., C1
W Jiang, I Martek, M Hosseini, C Chen, L Ma
(2019), Vol. 25, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, C1
Decomposition of temporal changes in construction labour productivity
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 65-77, International journal of construction management, London, Eng., C1
L Ma, R Reed, X Jin
(2018), Vol. 25, pp. 21-38, Engineering, construction and architectural management, Bingley, Eng., C1
A market-oriented model for the independent-living retirement village industry
L Ma, R Reed
(2018), Vol. 36, pp. 122-134, Facilities, Bingley, Eng., C1
Energy productivity convergence within the Australian construction industry: a panel data study
L Ma, M Hosseini, W Jiang, I Martek, A Mills
(2018), Vol. 72, pp. 313-320, Energy economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Ma, Chunlu Liu, R Reed
(2017), Vol. 21, pp. 296-306, International journal of strategic property management, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Construction labor productivity convergence: A conditional frontier approach
L Ma, Chunlu Liu, A Mills
(2016), Vol. 23, pp. 283-301, Engineering, construction and architectural management, Bingley, Eng., C1
Student participation in professional organisations: the need for innovation
L Tivendale, L Ma
(2016), pp. 292-301, AUBEA 2016 : Proceedings of the 40th Australasian Universities Building Education Association Annual Conference, Cairns, Queensland, E1
Understanding senior community residents for better construction of retirement villages
S Liu, L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2016), pp. 525-534, AUBEA 2016: Proceedings of the 40th Australasian Universities Building Education Association Annual Conference: Radical Innovation in the Built Environment, Cairns, Qld., E1
Is there long-run equilibrium in the house prices of Australian capital cities?
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2015), Vol. 18, pp. 503-521, International real estate review, Rockville, Md., C1
Did the late-2000s financial crisis influence construction labour productivity?
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2014), Vol. 32, pp. 1030-1047, Construction .anagement and economics, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Do spatial effects drive house prices away from the long-run equilibrium?
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2014), Vol. 20, pp. 13-29, Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, Sydney, NSW, C1
A spatial decomposition approach for investigating house price convergences
Le Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2014), Vol. 20, pp. 487-511, Australasian journal of regional studies, Armidale, N.S.W., C1
Ripple effects of house prices : considering spatial correlations in geography and demography
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2013), Vol. 6, pp. 284-299, International journal of housing markets and analysis, Bingley, England, C1
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2013), Vol. 6, pp. 405-421, International journal of housing markets and analysis, Bingley, England, C1
Spatio-temporal analysis of house price convergence based on a demographical distance
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2013), Vol. 17, pp. 263-277, International journal of strategic property management, Vilnius, Lithuania, C1
A panel regression method for quantifying the convergence of house prices
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2011), pp. 572-579, AUBEA 2011 : Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference for Australasian University Building Educators Association, Gold Coast, Qld., E1
Reading house prices in Australian capital cities
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2011), pp. 1-7, Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference, Melbourne, Vic., E1
The decomposition of housing market variations : a panel data approach
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2010), Vol. 3, pp. 6-16, International journal of housing markets and analysis, Bingley, England, C1
Can investors hedge residential price dynamics of Australia's capital cities?
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2010), Vol. 13, pp. 30-45, International real estate review, Potomac, Md., C1
An interdependence analysis of Australian house prices using variance decomposition
Chunlu Liu, L Ma, Z Luo, D Picken
(2009), Vol. 2, pp. 218-232, International journal of housing markets and analysis, Bingley, England, C1
Identifying house price diffusion patterns among Australian state capital cities
Chunlu Liu, Z Luo, L Ma, D Picken
(2008), Vol. 12, pp. 237-250, International journal of strategic property management, Vilnius, Lithuania, C1
Estimating impacts of consumer prices on house prices
L Ma, Chunlu Liu
(2008), pp. 1-16, ACE 2008 : Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference of Economists, Gold Coast, Queensland, E1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Socio-economic changes in retirement village development in rural areas
Dr Le Ma, Prof Richard Reed, Prof Anthony Mills
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- 2022: $5,018
- 2020: $8,266
- 2018: $2,855
- 2017: $3,096
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report