Residential rental markets regulations have become an integral part of everyday life in Germany as in almost all other countries. The strong house price and rent increases over the past decade have fueled social debate on this issue. Tenant movements worldwide are demanding tighter regulations...

Die Regulierung der Wohnmietmärkte ist aus dem täglichen Leben nicht mehr wegzudenken, in Deutschland wie auch in fast allen übrigen Ländern. Die Verwerfungen an den Immobilienmärkten im vergangenen Jahrzehnt haben die gesellschaftlichen Debatten hierzu befeuert. Mieterbewegungen weltweit...

This paper analyzes the relation between demographic structure and real asset returns on treasury bills, bonds and stocks for the G7-countries (United States, Canada, Japan, Italy, France, the United Kingdom and Germany). A macroeconomic multifactor model is used to examine a variety of...

Inflationsrisiken von Aktien, Bonds und indirekten Immobilienanlagen Für private Anleger ist der Schutz gegen Kaufkraftverluste ein wesentliches Element der Anlageentscheidung. Für den Zeitraum 01/1980-12/2000 werden die Inflationsrisiken von typischen Anlagen in nationale Portefeuilles aus...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht für den Zeitraum Februar 1973 bis Dezember 2003 den Einfluss sechs makroökonomischer Variablen auf die Risikoprämien von Bankaktien in Deutschland. Besondere Bedeutung kommt der getrennten Analyse von Universal- und Hypothekenbanken zu. Die...

Round numbers affect behavior in various domains, e.g., as prominent thresholds or focal points in bargaining. In line with earlier findings, residential real estate transactions in Germany cluster at round-number prices, but there are also interesting (presumably cultural) differences. We...

Round numbers affect behavior in various domains, e.g., as prominent thresholds or focal points in bargaining. In line with earlier findings, residential real estate transactions in Germany cluster at round-number prices, but there are also interesting (presumably cultural) differences. We...

The components of GDP (residential investment, durables, nondurables, equipment and software, and business structures) display a pronounced lead-lag structure. We investigate the implications of this lead-lag structure for the cross-section of asset returns. We find that the leading GDP...

Both banks and open end real estate funds effectuate liquidity transformation in large amounts and high scales. Because of this similarity the latter should be analyzed using the same methodologies as usually applied for banks. We show that the work in the tradition of Diamond and Dybvig (1983),...

In contrast to the United States and the United Kingdom, little empirical work exists about the distributional characteristics of appraisalbased real estate returns outside these countries. The purpose of this study is to fill this gap by focusing on Germany. In line with other studies, this...