On the efficiency of the UPREIT organizational form: Implications for the subprime crisis and CDO's

M. Shahid Ebrahim () and Ike Mathur

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, vol. 85, issue C, 286-305

Abstract: This paper studies optimal real estate organizational forms as a means of enhancing real estate values in the ongoing subprime crisis. We model the organizational response to stakeholder conflicts and regulatory changes to show how they evolve to an optimal form and undertake an optimal capital structure to enhance the welfare of investors. Using the examples of the REIT and RELP organizational forms, we show how the rivalry between taxable and institutional investors shapes the UPREIT form. We employ a two-period partial equilibrium model to demonstrate that UPREITs adapt to regulatory changes by (i) meticulously acquiring a hybrid form that contains the desirable features of both REITs and RELPs, and (ii) efficiently trading off debt claims between their constituent investor bases. This adaptation enhances welfare by mitigating administrative costs, agency costs, bankruptcy costs, illiquidity costs and taxes.

Keywords: Administrative costs; Agency costs; Bankruptcy costs; CDOs; Illiquidity costs and Taxes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D58 G12 G23 G32 L22 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2012.02.015

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