Karen M. Gibler
Associate Professor
Department of Real Estate
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Room: 1406, RCB Building
Phone: 404-413-7725
E-Mail: kgibler@gsu.edu
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Georgia State University
M.B.A, East Texas State University
M.S., University of Tennessee
B.A, Murray State University
SPECIALIZATIONS:
Application of consumer behavior research to real estate
Corporate Real Estate
Dr. Gibler specializes in the application of consumer behavior theories to real estate as well as corporate real estate management. Her main area of research has been the preferences and behaviors of seniors when choosing retirement housing. Her articles have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Consumer Marketing, the Journal of Consumer Affairs, Housing Policy Debate, Financial Services Review, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Property Investment and Finance, Real Estate Economics and International Real Estate Review. She is an active member of the American Real Estate Society.

Dr. Gibler serves on the editorial board of Seniors Housing and Care Journal and the Board of Directors of the International Real Estate Society.

PUBLICATIONS:
  • Lindholm, Anna-Liisa, Karen M. Gibler, and Kari I. Leväinen. “Modelling the Value Adding Attributes of Real Estate to the Wealth Maximization of the Firm.” Journal of Real Estate Research 28:4 (2006): 445-475.
  • Lee, Euehun and Karen M. Gibler. Preferences for Korean Seniors Housing. Journal of Property Investment and Finance 22:1 (2004): 112-135.
  • Gibler, Karen M. and Roy T. Black. Agency Risks in Outsourcing Corporate Real Estate Functions. Journal of Real Estate Research 26:2 (2004): 137-160.
  • Gibler, Karen M., “Aging Subsidized Housing Residents: A Growing Problem in U.S. Cities,” Journal of Real Estate Research, 23:4 (2003), 395-420.
  • Gibler, Karen M., Roy T. Black, and Kimberly P. Moon, “Time, Place, Space, Technology and Corporate Real Estate Strategy,” Journal of Real Estate Research 24:3 (2002), 235-262.