Do Common Risk Factors in the Returns on Stocks and Bonds Explain Returns on REITs?

The monthly returns on equity and mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs) are analyzed over the period July 1976 to December 1992. The results indicate that risk premiums on equity REITs are significantly related to risk premiums on a market portfolio of stocks as well as to the returns on mi...

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Published in:Real estate economics 1997-06, Vol.25 (2), p.321-345
Main Authors: Peterson, James D., Hsieh, Cheng-Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abnormal returns
Advisors
Bond markets
Bond portfolios
Construction loans
Default
Economic theory
Equity
Investments
Mortgages
Rates of return
Real estate
REITs
Risk factors
Risk premiums
Securities markets
Statistical analysis
Stock exchanges
Studies
Variables
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Summary:The monthly returns on equity and mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs) are analyzed over the period July 1976 to December 1992. The results indicate that risk premiums on equity REITs are significantly related to risk premiums on a market portfolio of stocks as well as to the returns on mimicking portfolios for size and book‐to‐market equity factors in common stock returns. Mortgage REIT risk premiums are significantly related to the three stock market factors and two bond market factors in returns. Also, mortgage REIT shares underperform by an average of 6.8% per year.
ISSN:1080-8620
1540-6229
DOI:10.1111/1540-6229.00717