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Development Involvement and Property Share Performance: International Evidence

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  • Dirk Brounen
  • Piet Eichholtz

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This paper concerns the dilemma whether regulators should preclude tax-exempt property investment companies from engaging in property development activities. We analyze the economic effects of combinations of property investment and property development by looking at the performance of an international set of property investment companies with varying degrees of involvement in property development. We study the five most important listed property markets in the world: the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, the United Kingdom and France. We examine the extent to which property investment companies participate in development projects by dividing the book value of their development projects by total assets. These development ratios yield remarkable differences both within and across national samples, with national averages varying between 2.23 percent for the United States and 21.34 percent for our Hong Kong sample. Analysis of property share performance yields results that consistently indicate that the cluster of property companies most involved in development projects is associated with both the highest total return and the highest systematic risk. We also find a weak positive link between development involvement and the Jensen alpha of property shares. The statistical significance of this link varies by country, with strong results for Hong Kong and Australia and less compelling results for the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Besides analyzing the stock performance of the companies in our samples we also focus on their operational profitability. Again, we consistently find both the highest and most volatile performance for companies actively participating in property development projects.

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  • Dirk Brounen & Piet Eichholtz, 2004. "Development Involvement and Property Share Performance: International Evidence," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 29(1), pages 79-97, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jrefec:v:29:y:2004:i:1:p:79-97
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    1. Zifeng Feng & Peng Liu, 2023. "Introducing “Focused Firms”: Implications from REIT Prime Operating Revenue," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 67(3), pages 545-578, October.
    2. Justin D. Benefield & Randy I. Anderson & Leonard V. Zumpano, 2009. "Performance differences in property‐type diversified versus specialized real estate investment trusts (REITs)," Review of Financial Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(2), pages 70-79, April.
    3. Shujahat Haider Hashmi & Munawar Hussain & Raja Muhammad Ahsan Ilyas & Muhammad Asif Khan, 2017. "Sensitivity analysis for the determinants of investment appraisal," The Audit Financiar journal, Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania, vol. 15(148), pages 686-686.
    4. Benefield, Justin D. & Anderson, Randy I. & Zumpano, Leonard V., 2009. "Performance differences in property-type diversified versus specialized real estate investment trusts (REITs)," Review of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 70-79, April.
    5. Dirk Brounen & Mathijs van Dijk & Piet M.A. Eichholtz, 2008. "Corporate Real Estate and Corporate Takeovers: International Evidence," Journal of Real Estate Research, American Real Estate Society, vol. 30(3), pages 293-314.

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