Do changes in credit ratings of REITs affect their capital structure decisions?

Qing Li, Yuen Leng Chow and Seow Eng Ong ()

Journal of Property Research, 2014, vol. 31, issue 3, 264-285

Abstract: Existing research has highlighted the high leverage ratio of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). To the extent that credit rating is important to REITs when sourcing for capital from the public debt markets, our paper investigates the effect of changes in REIT credit ratings on capital structure decisions while controlling for endogeneity effects. Our results indicate that REITs that face the prospect of an imminent credit rating downgrade issue approximately 11% less debt net of equity as a percentage of total assets than other REITs. This effect is asymmetric in that positive rating outlooks do not have a significant impact on REIT capital structure activities.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09599916.2013.848225

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