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.

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....

Abstract AbstractMit dem vorliegenden Band werden vier Arbeiten des IFF zur Produktinnovation bei Finanzdienstleistungen vorgestellt: Studienfinanzierung, Altersvorsorge, genossenschaftlicher Wohnungsbau und reverse mortgage (umgekehrter Hypothekenkredit). Die Studien stehen stellvertretend für...