Rate My Professor James Shilling

A prolific scholar, Shilling has authored more than 80 journal articles, studies, books, and book chapters. His research focuses on real estate investment trusts and the role of real estate in institutional investors' portfolios, mortgage securitization, commercial mortgage default, real estate asset pricing, housing finance, and urban economics. Key publications include "Capital Structure Theory and REIT Security Offerings" in The Journal of Finance (1988), "Choosing Between Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgages" in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1987), "Price Adjustment Process for Rental Office Space" in Journal of Urban Economics (1987), "How Critical is a Good Location to a Regional Shopping Center?" in Journal of Real Estate Research (1996), and recent works such as "The Misuse of Alpha in Private Equity Real Estate Investments" in Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (2025). Shilling has profoundly influenced the field as past president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and past editor of Real Estate Economics. He is a fellow of the Urban Land Institute, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Real Estate Research Institute, and Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute, and a Counselors of Real Estate.