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...

Nicolai C. Striewe analyzes potential opportunistic behavior of REIT managers and provides empirical evidence on the effectiveness of institutional monitoring as a corporate governance mechanism. The author also suggests ways to promote sustainable management by means of institutional...

Die empirische Kapitalmarktforschung beobachtet in den Volatilitäten von Aktienkursrenditen immer wieder eine lang anhaltende Abhängigkeitsstruktur, ein so genanntes langes Gedächtnis. Dieses hat weit reichende Konsequenzen. Beispielsweise verkompliziert ein tatsächlich vorliegendes langes...

Philip Radner analyzes equity financing phenomena and researches IPO underpricing and SEO announcement effects using data sets for US REITs. Moreover, he discusses underpricing theories and their applicability in the REIT context and gives a theoretical background on IPOs and on underpricing in...

This book provides a complete analysis of the logistic market, with a special focus on performance and risk characteristics, demand and supply, and diversification strategy. The authors offer cutting-edge research and detailed case studies from countries in Europe, evaluating the market features...

Shortly before of the beginning of the global financial crisis of 2008 REITs were introduced in several European countries based on their success in mature markets like the US, Australia and some Asian countries. While the history of REITs in Europe has been relatively brief, REITs are well on...

In this book, experts discuss how German real estate values have remained stable throughout the financial crisis, even though transaction volumes have been very volatile since 2005. Consequently, risk-averse national and international investors have started to invest in virtually all German real...

Law, economics and finance issues in Singapore’s housing development board flats -- Internalization of environmental externality in dwellings: review of court cases in Hong Kong in the past two decades -- The institutional analysis of fittings in residential units -- Asymmetric information and...