REITs in the decentralized investment industry
Abstract
Existing studies provide conflicting results regarding whether real estate investment trusts (REITs) effectively optimize and diversify institutional portfolios. Based on the style analysis of Sharpe, we extend Liang and McIntosh’s study with a more complete set of asset classes over a longer sample period. We provide additional evidence suggesting that practicing analysts should include REITs as an asset class to optimize their portfolios. Specifically, our results show that the price behavior of REITs is unique and cannot be satisfactorily duplicated by combining equity, fixed‐income securities, and unsecuritized real estate. The time series of the styles on REITs indicates that it is difficult to ex ante produce returns on REITs without diversifying into REITs.
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Citation
Chiang, K.C.H. and Lee, M. (2002), "REITs in the decentralized investment industry", Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 20 No. 6, pp. 496-512. https://doi.org/10.1108/14635780210446496
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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