Loss Aversion and Residential Property Development Decisions in China: A Semi-Parametric Estimation

Loss aversion is a core concept in prospect theory that refers to people’s asymmetric attitudes with respect to gains and losses. More specifically, losses loom larger than gains. With the capability of loss aversion to explain economic phenomena, some of which are puzzling under expected utility theory, this concept has received significant...

CEO Overconfidence in Real Estate Markets: A Curse or A Blessing?

This paper studies the influence of CEO overconfidence on firms’ financial performance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the US real estate investment trust (REIT) market. CEO overconfidence has been shown to have both negative and positive influences on firms. This paper is the first to combine the two sides in a single framework. We...

The Impact of Misvaluation in the REIT Sector

By using the decomposing market-to-book model and the residual income model to estimate misvaluation, we find empirical evidence supporting the proposition that misvaluation has an impact on the financing decisions and liquidity management of REITs. Regarding the financing decisions, REITs experiencing a high increase in their stock prices will...

The Discount to NAV of distressed German open-ended real estate funds

The German open-ended real estate fund industry was strongly hit by massive out flows in the course of the global financial crisis. In total, 18 public and institutional real estate funds had to stop the redemption of shares and were ultimately forced to liquidate their portfolios. Investors of these funds either have to await the stepwise...