| The Impact of the Revenue Reconciliation
Act of 1993 on the Pricing Structure of Equity REITs Author: John L.
Crain, Mike Cudd and Christopher L. Brown
Start Page: 275
End Page: 285
Volume: 19
Issue Number: 3
Year: 2000
Publication: Journal of Real Estate Research
Abstract: Tax legislation
included in the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 made large-scale investments in equity
real estate investment trusts (REITs) more desirable to institutional investors. Other
studies have observed an increased level of institutional ownership in REITs during the
timeframe following passage of the act. Based on an analysis of equity REITs before and
after passage of the Act, the present study finds that its passage coincided with a
significant change in the role of unsystematic risk in the pricing of equity REITs.
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