Corporate focus and stock performance international evidence from listed property markets: International evidence from listed property markets

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-281

  Boer, Dick ^a   Brounen, Dirk ^b   Op'T Veld, Hans ^c  

^a Kempen and Co   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Investment Property Databank   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate focus; Industrial and geographical concentration; Stock performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944435117     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-005-2789-z     Document Type: Review

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