How Do Institutional Factors Affect International Real Estate Returns?

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-151

  Edelstein, Robert ^a   Qian, Wenlan ^b   Tsang, Desmond ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Corporate governance; Country risks; International real estate returns; Legal environment; REITs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957651278     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-010-9245-4     Document Type: Article

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