Real estate investment trusts: structure, performance and investment opportunities

The increasing interest in REIT's (Real Estate Investment Trusts) suggests that REIT's are becoming an increasingly important part of investors' diversified portfolios. Real Estate Investment Trusts: Structure, Performance and Investment Opportunities helps investors evaluate REIT's and identify those with the greatest investment potential. It analyzes REIT's and explains the changes that have occurred in the REIT's industry. This book discusses the existing scholarly research on REIT's in a way that will enable managers to improve their investment decisions and the operating performance of their REIT's. This text provides up-to-date original research on REIT's based on the authors' own database, which is the most extensive data base available on Real Estate Investment Trusts. This book is part of the Financial Management Association's Survey and Synthesis Series.
Su Han Chan, Professor of Finance, John Erickson, Professor and the Chair of Finance, and Ko Wang, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, All at California State University -Fullerton