Based on the theoretical framework of financial amplification, this study is set up to investigate the dynamic effects of financial stress on the performance of the U.S. real estate market proxied by Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) returns in the United States using vector autoregressive...

Real estate agents rely on current clients for referrals to generate future business; this paper aims to understand whether concern for referrals disciplines the agent. We compare the results for sellers who move to another area (and are thus less likely to provide referrals) with the results...

The current commission system in real estate brokerage misaligns agent and house seller interests, so real estate agents have strong incentives to mislead their clients by convincing them to sell their houses too cheaply and too quickly. This paper studies, being motivated by the commission...

Recent research [e.g., DeMiguel, Garlappi and Uppal, (2009), Rev. Fin. Studies] has cast doubts on the out-of-sample performance of optimizing portfolio strategies relative to naive, equally weighted ones. However, existing results concern the simple case in which an investor has a one-month...

The volume of MHL (Rb 905,935bn) extended within three quarters of 2013 exceeded by 29% the volume of loans extended in the respective period of 2012. With growth in lending volumes, a decrease in the overdue debt on MHL extended in rubles to 1.15% of the outstanding debt as of October 1, 2013...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of energy consumption on the financial performance of German residential buildings in a large panel framework. The authors provide evidence that energy efficiency in the residential sector is a relevant factor affecting both tenant...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that although Property Tax does not worsen income distribution, on the contrary, it increases poverty risk. The sample covers EU. The elaboration of these panel data is made feasible by means of the Eviews software package

According to the data of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, in January-August 2013 Rb 784,924bn worth of mortgage housing loans were extended which figure exceeds 1.28 times over the volume of lending in the respective period of 2012. As of September 1, 2013, the outstanding debt of Rb...

In the present paper author will attempt to show empirically that property taxation causes depression even in the long run. Hence, the view of OECD (2009) that property taxation will persuade investors to avoid to invest in safe assets (houses) and to invest instead in more productive assets in...

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that Property Tax does not worsen income distribution. The sample covers EU. The elaboration of these panel data is made feasible by means of the Eviews software package