REIT returns and volatility over the sample period from December 2001 to February 2013. We find that the liquidity crisis … negatively impacts REIT returns and helps explain increases in volatility; this finding is robust to multiple specifications. We …

This study examines whether volatility of REIT returns can transmit across national borders. Two competing hypotheses … national borders. Using GARCH and EGARCH econometric models, international spillovers of volatility of REIT returns are found …

respect to both returns and volatility. We also find evidence supportive of Hong and Stein's (2003) Investor Heterogeneity …