This study examines the return rates on portfolio characteristics of eighteen diversified CREF's from 1983 through 1988 using regression analysis and paired comparisons of funds. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationships between CREF-specific characteristics and CREF return. Over...

Retail research has evolved over the past sixty years. Christaller's early work on central place theory, with its simplistic combination of range and threshold has been advanced to include complex consumer shopping patterns and retailer behavior in agglomerated retail centers. Hotelling's...

The American Real Estate Society was a natural reaction to the lack of inclusion that was symptomatic of the intellectual environment that existed at the time of its inception. ARES was established on the principle of inclusion of all willing and interested parties and has grown to its present...

In this paper, we describe the construction of estimates of private real estate capital for each of 242 MSAs, annually, for 1982 through 1994. We compute three such series: (1) total private real estate capital (residential and nonresidential); (2) private single-family residential capital; and...

Coliseums can create consumer surplus benefits by providing types of entertainment to local residents that would otherwise not be available to them. This paper estimates consumer surplus for a major City owned entertainment/convention facility, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex (GCC). A novel...

It is indisputable that in any competitive market, the key words used to describe a product, service, or even an idea can influence people's initial impressions of it. Thus, it may be so for the titles given real estate courses or textbooks. Although most curriculum coordinators and authors...

The impact of inflation on the value of assets is considered one of the primary financial concerns of long-term investors. While actual and expected inflation have slowed considerably since the early 1980s, concern over future increases is still a consideration for long-term investors.Ibbotson...

This study reports on the ex-post performance of survivor REITs and RECs over a 14.5-year period covering several business cycles. The results show that the systematic risk and risk-adjusted returns of REITs and RECs are quite different, especially during periods of low growth in real GNP....

The effect of gated access restrictions on garden apartment rents is empirically evaluated. Garden apartment rents are positively related to the presence of gated access constraints, although the combination of in-unit alarms with gated access is rent neutral. One-bedroom and two-bedroom units...

This paper examines the investment performance of two commingled real estate investment funds (CREFs) over the past twenty years. Results indicate that these funds: (1) offered very good portfolio diversification potential by reducing risk and increasing return; and (2) provided a good hedge...