• "Determinants of Credit Spreads in Commercial Mortgages" (Feb 2004; PDF file)
  Authors:
  Sheridan Titman, The University of Texas at Austin
  Stathis Tompaidis, The University of Texas at Austin
  Sergey Tsyplakov, The University of Texas at Austin
   

• "Market Imperfections, Investment Flexibility and Default Spreads"  (Feb 2004; PDF file)
  Authors:
  Sheridan Titman, The University of Texas at Austin
  Stathis Tompaidis, The University of Texas at Austin
  Sergey Tsyplakov, The University of Texas at Austin
  
  Journal of Finance, 59 (1), pgs. 165-205, (February 2004).
  "This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Finance. Complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of Journal of Finance, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal's website at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com."

• "Carrots and Sticks: The Threat of Dismissal and Incentive Compensation" (June 2004; PDF file)
  Authors:
  Greg Hallman, The University of Texas at Austin
  Jay Hartzell, The University of Texas at Austin
  Chris Parsons, The University of Texas at Austin

• "The Role of the Underlying Real Asset Market in REIT IPOs" (March 2004; PDF file)
  Authors:
  Jay Hartzell, The University of Texas at Austin
  Jarl G. Kallberg, New York University
  Crocker H. Liu, New York University

• "The Role of Corporate Governance In Initial Public Offerings: Evidence From Real Estate Investment Trusts" (March 2004; PDF file)
  Authors:
  Jay Hartzell, The University of Texas at Austin
  Jarl G. Kallberg, New York University
  Crocker H. Liu, New York University

• "The Effect of Corporate Governance on Investment: Evidence from Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)" (March 2004; PDF file)
  Authors:
  Jay Hartzell, The University of Texas at Austin
  Libo Sun, The University of Texas at Austin
  Sheridan Titman, The University of Texas at Austin

• "The Cross-Section of Expected REIT Returns" (March 2003; MSWord)
  Authors:
  Andy C.W. Chui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  Sheridan Titman, The University of Texas at Austin
  K.C. John Wei, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• "Intra-Industry Momentum: The Case of REITS" (September 2002; MSWord)
  Authors:
  Andy C.W. Chui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  Sheridan Titman, The University of Texas at Austin
  K.C. John Wei, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• “Firm Location and the Creation and Utilization of Human Capital” (Sept 2004; PDF file)
  Authors:
  Andres Almazan, The University of Texas at Austin
  Adolfo de Motta, McGill University
  Sheridan Titman, The University of Texas at Austin

Hosts: MIT, University of California at Berkeley, and University of Texas at Austin

Program Presentations & Papers
(linked papers are in PDF format unless otherwise noted)

Nancy Wallace and Richard Stanton, University of California at Berkeley: 
"An Empirical Test of a Contingent Claims Lease Valuation Model" 
  Discussant: Stathis Tompaidis, University of Texas at Austin

William Wheaton, MIT: 
"Communicating Ricardian Rent and House Price Appreciation in Cities with Dispersed Employment and Mixed Land Use" (MSWord)
 Discussant: Robert H. Edelstein, University of California at Berkeley

Stephen D. Cauley, UCLA, and Andrey D. Pavlov, Simon Fraser University: 
"Demand Shocks and the Market for Income Producing Real Estate" (MSWord)
Discussant: Daniel Quan, Cornell University

Jay C. Hartzell, University of Texas, Crocker Liu, NYU, and Jarl Kallberg, NYU: 
"The Role of Corporate Governance In Initial Public Offerings: Evidence From Real Estate Investment Trusts"   ( download Tables)
Discussant: Tim Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rossen Valkanov, UCLA, Harrison Hong, Stanford University, and Walter Torous, UCLA: 
"Do Industries Lead the Stock Market?  Inattention, Delayed Reaction and
Cross-Asset Return Predictability"
Discussant: Kent Daniel, Northwestern University

William Gentry, Columbia University, and Chris Mayer, University of Pennsylvania: 
(revised, 7/29/02)
"What Can We Learn about Investment and Capital Structure with a Better
Measure of q?"
Discussant: Nancy Wallace, University of California at Berkeley