Efficiency, scale economies, and the risk/return performance of real estate investment trusts

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-317

  Devaney, Michael ^a   Weber, William L ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practice technology; Directional distance function; REIT risk return

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944546103     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-005-2791-5     Document Type: Review

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