Real estate and economies of scale: The case of REITs

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-350

  Ambrose, Brent W ^a   Highfield, Michael J ^b   Linneman, Peter D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 20744440146     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2005.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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