Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of macroeconomic condition and real estate price trend on the amount of residential loan. Design/methodology/approach: The paper using a sample of 16 European Countries for the time period 2007–2015 evaluates the impact of change in...

Purpose: The paper aims to study the performance of crowdfunding REITs with respect to traditional REITs in order to evaluate the differences in the risk–return profile and their usefulness for a diversification strategy within the indirect real estate investments....

Purpose: This paper aims to collect data from a unique database provided by LendInvest and to study the key differences in the lending features for the two types of lending solutions. Findings: Peer-to-peer (P2P) loans are prevalently short-term financing solutions (bridge financing), and the...

Purpose: This paper aims to analyse the exposure at default (EAD) in the event of multiple banking relationships to understand the differences with respect to solo banking relationships and forecast the banks risk exposure. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses a unique database provided...

Purpose: The aim of the study is to provide evidence on the distress in the supply chain and its impact on the trade credit policy, firms’ performance and risk and their growth opportunities. Trade credit creates a strict relation between suppliers and customers that cannot be easily...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the relevance of cross-border activity in the European banking sector, evaluating the role of differences in regulation to explain the level of interest in entering foreign markets. Design/methodology/approach: The sample considers all banks in the European...

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 – The purpose of this paper is to define an approach useful to evaluate real estate funds on the specific characteristics of the Italian market and on the basis of international best practices. Design/methodology/approach – The first step is to identify specific factors and portfolio...

Purpose This article aims to analyze the performance and risk of landmark building in the housing sector and to evaluate their usefulness for a diversification strategy. Design/methodology/approach After comparing summary statistics on the performance of landmark building with respect to other...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to compare the role of the sector and geographical features in explaining the performance of a hotel structure. Design methodology/approach – The paper constructs a measure of net profit for available room (GOPPAR) for a representative sample of Italian...