René-Ojas Woltering , PhD

Short Bio

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.

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Downs, D.H., Sebastian, S., & Woltering, R.-O. (2017). Real Estate Fund Openings and Cannibalization. Real Estate Economics, 45(4), 791-828.

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.

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