We examine the impacts of different open space amenities on sales prices of developed and undeveloped land in two time periods ten years apart in a rapidly urbanizing county in central Ohio. Buffers within 0.25 and 0.5 miles are created that include percentages of agricultural, residential, park...

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of real estate agents on the price of houses that are located close to an environmental disamenity using Rosen's (1974) hedonic price model. Our main hypothesis is that real estate agents obtain higher prices than those theoretically expected...

We compare hedonic price models estimated with spatial statistics in order to examine the impacts of four different types of neighborhood spatial association: age, education, income and racial clustering. Using Getis and Ord’s (1995) Z(Gi*) as an indicator of spatial clustering, we estimate...

We explore the determinants and value implications of publicly traded real estate companies converting to real estate investment trusts (REITs), which we term REITing, and publicly-traded REITs giving up their REIT status, termed de-REITing. Non-REIT real estate firms that pay relatively high...

We examine the short-run and long-run price reaction of equity real estate investment trust (REIT) shares following credit rating actions, testing the transparency of the REIT structure. Generally, the economic effect on the stock price is subdued for both upgrades and downgrades compared to...

In this study, we explore the pricing patterns of the U.S. residential real estate market in the context of the recent housing bubble and subsequent deflation. We examine 10 consolidated metropolitan statistical areas and construct excess residential market return per risk measured by standard...

In this study, we investigate the use of professional Social Networking Sites (SNS) on performance in commercial real estate brokerage. Using LinkedIn followers as a proxy for an agent's professional social network, we find that listing agents with a larger professional online social network...

This study examines seven basic theories of dividend policies in bank holding companies during the worst recession since The Great Depression. Data is obtained from Uniform Bank Performance Reports for 2008 where large losses were reported for the US banks. Previous studies found that the...