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René-Ojas Woltering

Dr René-Ojas Woltering

Dr René-Ojas Woltering

Associate Professor

Expertise

  • Investment strategies
  • Real estate investment vehicles
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Hotel valuation

Biography

René-Ojas Woltering, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance at EHL. He holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from the University of Regensburg. His research interests include real estate investment vehicles, investment strategies, and issues relevant to the hospitality industry.


His publications have appeared in scholarly journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance, Real Estate Economics, and the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Dr. Woltering has gained valuable experience in the real asset management, investment management, and consulting industry. He is also awardee of several finance & investment competitions.

Awards

Rising Star Teaching Award (2019)

Education

PhD in Business Administation, University of Regensburg

Courses Taught

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
• Real Estate Finance
MASTER'S IN GLOBAL HOSPITALITY BUSINESS
• Hospitality real estate finance and investments
MASTER IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
• Financial and Banking Markets
MASTER IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT • Financial Markets: Theory and AI Applications

Teaching Location

EHL Campus Lausanne
EHL Campus (Singapore)
Academic Publications

Academic publications from René-Ojas Woltering

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Capturing the value premium : global evidence from a fair value-based investment strategy

This paper examines the risk premium of value stocks within a global investment strategy framework. We test whether absolute or relative mispricing is better suited to capturing the global value premium by using fair value-based net asset values...

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Is the flow-performance relationship really convex ? : the impact of data treatment and model specification

This paper challenges the convexity of the flow-performance relationship, according to which investors strongly chase top-performing funds, while fund flows exhibit little to no sensitivity to past performance within the segment of poorly performing...

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The discount to NAV of distressed open-end real estate funds

This paper examines the discount to NAV in the context of distressed German open-end real estate funds. This is a unique setting to study NAV discounts because distressed real estate funds are forced to sell off their property portfolios and pay out...

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Which stocks are driven by which interest rates ?

This paper analyzes the return sensitivities of real estate value and growth stocks to changes in five different interest rate proxies. Using a global sample of 352 listed real estate companies from 12 countries as a test object, we find that real...

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Public versus private market arbitrage : international evidence for listed property companies

This paper examines the performance of real estate firms that issue seasoned equity with the stated purpose of investing in private market assets. Prior literature documents that (i) firms, in general, underperform following a season equity offering...

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Is fund performance driven by flows into connected funds ? : spillover effects in the mutual fund industry

Mutual funds are connected with each other through overlapping portfolio holdings. We document that the performance of individual mutual funds is affected by spillover effects from fund flows to connected mutual funds. Spillover-effects are...

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Strategic transactions around REIT conversions

This article examines the conversion-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and post-conversion performance of 80 international Real Estate Operating Companies (REOCs) that adopted Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) status. In the years...

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What determines the mean reversion speed of NAV spreads?

In this paper, we study the mean reversion behaviour of NAV spreads for a global sample of 219 listed real estate stocks. We find NAV spreads for companies trading at a high discount to mean revert fastest. Remarkably, we also provide evidence that...

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Fund closure risks of open-end real estate funds

Over the past decades, numerous open-end real estate funds (OEREFs) in several countries became unable to maintain the liquidity provision and had to suspend the redemption of fund shares. This paper examines OEREF closures in Germany, the world’s...

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The REIT conversion puzzle

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are a globally recognized form of real estate ownership that offer tax benefits at a corporate level. Despite their clear advantages, however, a significant share of potentially eligible Real Estate Operating...

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Journal publications

Yoong, K., Woltering, R. O., & Heo, C. Y. (2025). Revisiting Airbnb’s disruption of hotels: Uneven impacts across markets, segments, and accommodation types. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 126, 104073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2024.104073

Schnejdar, S., Woltering, R.-O., Heinrich, M., & Sebastian, S. (2022). Fund Closure Risks of Open-End Real Estate Funds. Journal of Real Estate Research, 44(4), 447-472. https://doi.org/10.1080/08965803.2022.2033392

Schiller, A., Woltering, R.-O., Weis, C., & Sebastian, S. (2022). What determines the mean reversion speed of NAV spreads? Journal of Property Research, 39(4), 293-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/09599916.2022.2105251

Frömel, P., Wagner, D., Woltering, R.-O., Downs, D., & Sebastian, S. (2022). Strategic Transactions Around REIT Conversions. Journal of Real Estate Research, 44(4), 473-490. https://doi.org/10.1080/08965803.2022.2041264

Wagner D., Woltering, R.-O., Downs, D.H., & Sebastian, S. (2022). The REIT Conversion Puzzle. Journal of Real Estate Research, 44(3), 399-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/08965803.2022.2029280

Woltering, R. O., Downs, D. H., & Sebastian, S. (2021). Public versus private market arbitrage: international evidence for listed property companies. Journal of real estate research, 43(3), 355-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/08965803.2021.1985922

Weis, C., Woltering, R. O., & Sebastian, S. (2021). Which stocks are driven by which interest rates? evidence from listed real estate. Journal of property research, 38(3), 175-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/09599916.2021.1903531

Zhu, B., & Woltering, R.-O. (2021). Is fund performance driven by flows into connected funds? Spillover effects in the mutual fund industry. Journal of Economics and Finance, 45, 544-571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12197-021-09539-7

Schnejdar, S., Heinrich, M., Woltering, R.-O., & Steffen, S. (2020). The Discount to NAV of Distressed Open-End Real Estate Funds. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 61, 80-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-018-9694-8

Schiller, A., Woltering, R.-O., & Sebastian, S. (2020). Is the flow-performance relationship really convex? – The impact of data treatment and model specification. Journal of Economics and Finance, 44, 300-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12197-019-09489-1

Woltering, R.-O., Weis, C., Schindler, F., & Sebastian, S. (2018). Capturing the Value Premium - Global Evidence from a Fair Value-Based Investment Strategy. Journal of Banking & Finance, 86, 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2017.06.009

Downs, D.H., Sebastian, S., & Woltering, R.-O. (2017). Real Estate Fund Openings and Cannibalization. Real Estate Economics, 45(4), 791-828. https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6229.12144

Downs, D.H., Sebastian, S., Weistroffer, C., & Woltering, R.-O. (2016). Real Estate Fund Flows and the Flow-Performance Relationship. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 52(4), 347-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-015-9539-7