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What Is Real Estate Finance?

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How does real estate finance relate to the core of contemporary finance? What research in real estate might most interest financial economists? What research is suggested by both recurrent financial anomalies and stylized facts in real estate? Some possiblities are discussed.

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Williams, J.T. What Is Real Estate Finance?. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 19, 9–19 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007727212549

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