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The Economics of REITs

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) gained wide acceptance in the United States during the 1990s and have spread internationally, for example Japan, Australia and have gradually being introduced in European countries. For institutional clients in particular, REITs are vehicles that provide indirect real estate investments.

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    Ramón Sotelo

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Sotelo, R. (2013). The Economics of REITs. In: Sotelo, R., McGreal, S. (eds) Real Estate Investment Trusts in Europe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36856-1_1

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