This book gives a comprehensive analysis of the different real estate markets in Europe, with a thorough description of the various sectors. The recent disturbing events in the real estate industry and its interrelationship and repurcussions on the adjacent financial industries is also addressed.

Introduction -- Sustainable Building Certification and the Rent Premium: A Panel Data Approach -- Operating Expenses and The Rent Premium of Sustainable Buildings -- Sustainability and the Leasing Decision of Office Occupiers in the U.S. -- Summary, Practical Implications, and Further Research.

Gaston Michel investigates whether shocks to real estate markets constitute an important source of the risk that is priced in the cross section of equity returns. His results document that real estate risk explains a large part of the cross-sectional variation in equity returns. He shows that an...

Fast täglich kommen neue Hiobsbotschaften aus der Wirtschaft und vonseiten der Finanzmärkte. Aktien verlieren dramatisch an Wert, Banken brechen zusammen, Unternehmen aller Branchen bauen Mitarbeiter ab. Die aktuelle Finanzmarktkrise hat die größte und schwerwiegendste Rezession seit der...