Collateral plays a very important role in financial markets. Without easy access to high-quality collateral, dealers and market participants would find it more costly to trade, with a negative impact on market liquidity and the real economy through increased financing costs. The role of...

Introduction -- Modified Fama-French Factors for REITs and the Impact of Short Selling -- Impacts of the Covid-19 Crisis on US Real Estate Investments: A Sectoral Performance and Spillover Analysis -- ESG Stocks in Times of Crisis: Evidence from US REITs During Covid-19 -- Summary and Conclusion...

Chapter 1. Prologue -- Chapter 2. Introduction and Course of the Investigation -- Chapter 3. Forms of Securities Lending and Repo -- Chapter 4. Strategies With Securities Lending and Repos -- Chapter 5. Summary and Outlook -- Chapter 6. Epilogue.