How real estate became ‘just another asset class’: the financialization of the investment strategies of Dutch institutional investors

European Planning Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 221-240

  van Loon, Jannes ^a   Aalbers, Manuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fictitious capital; Financialization; institutional investors; investment strategies; pension funds; real estate

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; PENSION SYSTEM;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 85009799305     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2016.1277693     Document Type: Article

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