The Underlying Return Generating Factors for REIT Returns: An Application of Independent Component Analysis

Colin Lizieri, Stephen Satchell and Qi Zhang

Real Estate & Planning Working Papers from Henley Business School, University of Reading

Abstract: Multi-factor approaches to analysis of real estate returns have, since the pioneering work of Chan, Hendershott and Sanders (1990), emphasised a macro-variables approach in preference to the latent factor approach that formed the original basis of the arbitrage pricing theory. With increasing use of high frequency data and trading strategies and with a growing emphasis on the risks of extreme events, the macro-variable procedure has some deficiencies. This paper explores a third way, with the use of an alternative to the standard principal components approach - independent components analysis (ICA). ICA seeks higher moment independence and maximises in relation to a chosen risk parameter. We apply an ICA based on kurtosis maximisation to weekly US REIT data using a kurtosis maximising algorithm. The results show that ICA is successful in capturing the kurtosis characteristics of REIT returns, offering possibilities for the development of risk management strategies that are sensitive to extreme events and tail distributions.

Keywords: Real Estate Returns; REIT; ICA; Independent Component Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2006
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Journal Article: The Underlying Return‐Generating Factors for REIT Returns: An Application of Independent Component Analysis (2007)
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