Seminar summary
In this paper we study the implications for house price dynamics of the financialization of housing, focusing on real estate investment trusts (REITs). We start by building REIT capital flows measures for 16 advanced and emerging economies for the period 2001-2021. Building on the dramatic rise in REITs valuation and flows, we employ an IV approach to tackle identification and endogeneity issues and we show that REIT capital flows push up house prices significantly. And this effect is not transitory. Looking at the long-run relationship estimating a CS-ECM model, we find that REITs exert significant long-run effects on housing markets.
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This seminar will take place on Wednesday 6 December at 2pm.
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Speaker bio
Dr Chiara Banti
Chiara Banti is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Essex. She is a Fellow of the Emerging Markets Group at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass). Her research interests are in the fields of international finance and FX market microstructure. She received her PhD in Finance from Cass Business School, she holds an MSc from LSE and a degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Pisa.