The Determinants of International Commercial Real Estate Investment

Lieser, Karsten; Groh, Alexander Peter

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1928615

The Determinants of International Commercial Real Estate Investment

46 Pages Posted: 16 Sep 2011 Last revised: 10 Nov 2012

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Alexander Peter Groh

EMLYON Business School

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Date Written: July 1, 2011

Abstract

We examine the determinants of international commercial real estate investment using a unique set of panel data series for 47 countries worldwide, covering the period from 2000 to 2009. We explore how different socio-economic, demographic and institutional characteristics affect commercial real estate investment activity by determining both cross-sectional and time-series estimators, running augmented random effect panel regressions. We provide evidence that economic growth, rapid urbanization and compelling demographics attract real estate investment, and also demonstrate that a lack of transparency in the legal framework, administrative burdens of doing real estate business, socio-cultural challenges and political instabilities reduce international real estate allocations.

Keywords: Real Estate Investment Determinant; International Asset Allocation; Real Estate Market Attractiveness

JEL Classification: C33, C23, G11, G23, G24, O16, O18, P25, P52

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Lieser, Karsten and Groh, Alexander Peter, The Determinants of International Commercial Real Estate Investment (July 1, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1928615 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1928615