Journal of Property Investment & Finance: Volume 35 Issue 1

Editorial

Nick French

Linkages between office markets in Europe: a volatility spillover perspective

Kim Hiang Liow, Felix Schindler

Using a data set comprising 16 European office markets provided by the DTZ Research Institute from Q1 2003 to Q4 2013, the purpose of this paper is to measure the strength of the…

How do institutional pension managers consider real estate: A perspective from Sweden and Finland

Jon R.G.M. Lekander

The asset allocation decision for a pension portfolio needs to consider several, sometimes conflicting, aspects. Most pension managers use models and processes that are developed…

Office market response to earthquake risk in New Zealand

Olga Filippova, Michael Rehm, Chris Dibble

With the marked increase in the awareness of earthquake risks following the Canterbury earthquakes, the purpose of this paper is to assess if the reassessment of risk has…

UK REITs don’t like Mondays

Arvydas Jadevicius, Stephen Lee

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) returns on the different days of the week differ from each other.

Evaluation of vacant and redundant public properties and risk control: A model for the definition of the optimal mix of eligible functions

Francesco Tajani, Pierluigi Morano

The purpose of this paper is to propose a decision-support methodology for public and private subjects involved in the enhancement of public properties. In particular, with…

Modified sales comparison method: valuing under (un)certainty

David Jansen van Vuuren

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to suggest a modified sales comparison model that is scalable and adaptable to value under conditions of certainty and uncertainty…