This paper examines the effect of economic policy uncertainty on the performance of the real estate sector proxied by Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) returns in the United States. Using monthly REIT index data and the monthly changes in a newly constructed index of economic policy...

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Macro-economics and real estate -- Real estate and recession -- Inflation and real estate -- Retailing and retail property -- Property companies and reits -- Real estate and construction -- Asia -- Real estate returns -- Residential real...