Introduction -- The Impact of Investor Sentiment on REIT Returns -- Investor Sentiment and the Return and Volatility of REITs and Non-REITs during the Financial Crisis -- The Impact of Consumer Sentiment on the Number of New Home Sales -- Dissertation Conclusions.

Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...

Since the financial crisis, everyone is more aware of the need to be financially literate. This book covers a wide range of topics and assures the reader that understanding of one’s money script and more particularly making changes (if necessary) would result in more effective and responsible...

‘Recently, economists studying wellbeing have widened their lenses beyond income to include wealth. Here, economists Rossi and Sierminska tap new high-quality datasets to assess how wealth and homeownership vary across countries, over time, and among household types. Economists and...

In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership....

Vor dem Hintergrund bisheriger Zurückhaltung von Wohneigentümern bei der energetischen Gebäudesanierung untersucht Mart Verhoog wie Baubeteiligte und Baubeteiligten-Netzwerke die Sanierungsentscheidung von Wohneigentümern beeinflussen. Hierzu kombiniert der Autor erstmalig Modelle der...

Introduction: The Challenges of Housing Finance -- Housing Finance and Financial Inclusion -- Government Policies and Their Implications for Housing Finance -- Regulation and Access to Finance -- Institutions and the Promotion of Housing Finance -- Wholesale Funding Instruments -- Primary...

Einleitung -- Wohneigentum in Deutschland -- Einflussfaktoren auf die deutsche Wohneigentumsquote -- Internationale Bedeutung und Erfassung der Erschwinglichkeit von Wohneigentum -- Entwicklung und Berechnung deutscher Erschwinglichkeitsindikatoren -- Einfluss der Erschwinglichkeitsindikatoren...

Jaroslaw Morawski offers a practicable and theoretically well-founded solution to the problems encountered when investing in illiquid assets and develops a model of the liquidation process for this category of investments. The result is a coherent investment decision framework designed...