German abstract: Das Erbbaurecht ist eine probate Alternative zum klassischen Volleigentum. Vorrangig von Kommunen und Stiftungen angewandt, ist diese Form der Grundstücksteilung in vielen entwickelten Ländern die typische Form des Immobilienerwerbs. Vor dem Hintergrund des niedrigen...

Focusing on the role of the investment horizon, we analyze the inflation-hedging abilities of stocks, bonds, cash and direct commercial real estate investments. Based on vector autoregression for the UK market we find that the inflation-hedging abilities of all assets improve with the investment...

The importance of infrastructure as an alternative asset has emerged significantly in recent years. Based on a novel dataset, this paper investigates the long-run relationships and short-run dynamics between direct and securitized infrastructure returns and the relationsship to the relevant real...

Focusing on the role of the investment horizon, we analyze the inflation-hedging abilities of stocks, bonds, cash, and direct commercial real estate investments, and the implications of the inflation-hedge results for asset allocation. Based on vector autoregressions for the UK market we find...

The economic importance of infrastructure has been the subject of extensive research since the late 1980s and is free of controversy. The World Economic Forum (2008) lists infrastructure as one of the most crucial elements to a countryís productivity and competitiveness. In recent years,...

The importance of infrastructure as an alternative asset has emerged significantly in recent years. Based on a novel dataset, this paper investigates the long-run relationships and short-run dynamics between direct and securitized infrastructure returns and the relationsship to the relevant real...

Using the Johansen test for cointegration, we examine to which extent inflation rates in the Euro area have converged after the introduction of a single currency. Since the assumption of non-stationary variables represents the pivotal point in cointegration analyses we pay special attention to...