Purpose – Unlike previous studies on capital structure decisions, the purpose of this paper is to focus on US real estate investment trusts (REITs) in order to find out the main determinants of capital structure choice for real estate companies and in order to verify if they are related to...

Purpose – The paper aims at modelling a game‐theoretical framework that covers the basic mechanisms of lease contract negotiations while making allowance for relevant behavioural aspects. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of literature about negotiation processes the work...

Purpose – The main scope of the paper is to demonstrate the capabilities of PYTHIA forecasting platform, to compare time series forecasting techniques, which were used to forecast mortgage loans in UK, and to show how PYTHIA can be useful for a bank. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...

Purpose – Real estate development appraisal is a quantification of future expectations. The appraisal model relies upon the valuer/developer having an understanding of the future in terms of the future marketability of the completed development and the future cost of development. In some cases...

Purpose – In real estate industry, managers' choices in portfolio construction impact directly on the performance of real estate fund. Looking at the literature, real estate diversification criteria are related to tenants' characteristics, to endogenous and exogenous risk and to financial...

Purpose – A number of studies have examined the convergence in European real estate markets and find that convergence is time‐varying. Additionally, the returns of some countries, notably the UK, are as equally, if not more, influenced by the real estate returns in the USA than those in...

Purpose – The closed‐end fund puzzle is one of the most famous unsolved issues in financial economics and as such, over time, it has raised the interest of many authors also in the real estate field. The aim of this paper is both to determine whether the effect of leverage on net asset value...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a profile of the structure of real estate education provision in Europe, its key recent drivers and some ideas for its future development. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an analysis of recent trends in provision based on the...

Purpose – The demand for value added investment in the European real estate market emerged in the mid to late 1990s and over the past decade has grown rapidly as a preferred investment style. Recent evidence suggests that investor appetite for value added products is set to intensify further....

Purpose – In Germany, open‐ended funds represent the prevailing form of indirect real estate investment for retail and institutional investors. The purpose of this paper is to address whether significant performance differences occur between retail and institutional funds....