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UK REITs don’t like Mondays

Arvydas Jadevicius (Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, UK)
Stephen Lee (Cass Business School, City University London, London, UK)

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

ISSN: 1463-578X

Article publication date: 6 February 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) returns on the different days of the week differ from each other.

Design/methodology/approach

It uses European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA)/National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) UK index daily closing values (GBP) and its two sub-indices FTSE EPRA/NAREIT UK REITs and non-REITs as dependent variables. It employs Kruskal-Wallis tests and dummy-variable regression to test the hypothesis.

Findings

The overall findings provide evidence that return anomalies exist in the UK REITs.

Practical implications

Thought significant, the absolute returns differences are modest for investors to gain superior returns in UK REITs. However, by recognising the day-of-the-week effect, investors can buy/sell UK REITs more effectively.

Originality/value

This research brings updated evidence of the contested calendar anomalies issues in REITs.

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Acknowledgements

Title written with apologies to Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats.

Citation

Jadevicius, A. and Lee, S. (2017), "UK REITs don’t like Mondays", Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp. 58-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPIF-03-2016-0021

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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