Short Bio

René-Ojas Woltering, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. 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.

Publications

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

Awards

Rising Star Teaching Award (2019)

Research Portals

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rene_Ojas_Woltering