The Changing Asymmetric Information Component of REIT Spreads: A Study of Anticipated Announcements

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-210

  Mcdonald, Cynthia G ^a   Nixon, Terry D ^b   Slawson Jr , V Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Cash flow; Dividends; Earnings; Funds from operations; Market microstructure; REIT; Spread

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034385298     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007829405545     Document Type: Article

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