Monetary shocks and REIT returns

Donal Bredin, Gerard O'Reilly and Simon Stevenson

Centre for Financial Markets Working Papers from Research Repository, University College Dublin

Abstract: We investigate the influence of unanticipated changes in US monetary policy on Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT’s). Although a number of studies have investigated the issue of interest rate changes, the effect of unanticipated changes has not previously been addressed in terms of possible effects on both REIT’s returns and volatility. The results show a strong response in both the first and second moments of REIT returns to unexpected policy rate changes. The results for the impact of the shock on both mean and volatility of returns is consistent with results from studies addressing broader equity markets. However, we find evidence both against behavioral changes in volatility coincident to US monetary policy decisions and asymmetric responses to the monetary policy shock.

Keywords: Monetary policy--United States; Real estate investment trusts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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