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Data envelopment analysis

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Real Estate Investment Trust Performance, Efficiency And Internationalization, Joshua A. Harris Jan 2012

Real Estate Investment Trust Performance, Efficiency And Internationalization, Joshua A. Harris

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are firms that own and manage income producing commercial real estate for the benefit of their shareholders. The three studies in this dissertation explore topics relating to best practices of REIT management and portfolio composition. Managers and investors can use the findings herein to aide in analyzing a REIT’s performance and determining optimal investment policies. Utilizing REIT from SNL Real Estate and CRSP, the first two studies examine the role of international diversification upon performance, technical efficiency, and scale efficiency. The third study utilizes REIT data to examine technical and scale efficiency over a 21 …