An Empirical Test of a Contingent Claims Lease Valuation Model

26 Pages Posted: 24 Jan 2008 Last revised: 16 Oct 2009

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Richard Stanton

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

Nancy Wallace

University of California, Berkeley - Real Estate Group

Abstract

Despite the importance of leases in the U.S. economy, and the existence of several theoretical lease pricing models, there has been little systematic attempt to estimate these models. This paper proposes a simple no-arbitrage-based lease pricing model, and estimates it using a large proprietary data set of leases on several property types. A new measure is also defined, the Option-Adjusted Lease Spread, or OALS (analogous to an option's implied volatility, or a mortgage-backed security's Option-Adjusted Spread) that allows comparison of leases with different maturities and contract terms on a consistent basis. The findings reveal sizeable pricing errors that cannot be explained using interest rates, lease maturity, or information on the options embedded in the contracts. This suggests either that there are significant mispricings in the market for real estate leases, or that lease terms depend heavily on unobservable, property-specific characteristics.

Suggested Citation

Stanton, Richard H. and Wallace, Nancy E., An Empirical Test of a Contingent Claims Lease Valuation Model. Journal of Real Estate Research (JRER), Vol. 31, No. 1, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1086387

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Nancy E. Wallace

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