Dr. Philip A. Seagraves

Associate Professor, Finance and Real Estate, Jones College of Business

Dr. Philip A. Seagraves
615.898.5750
Room N305, Business & Aerospace Building (BAS)
MTSU Box 0027, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

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Seagraves specializes in real estate education and research.  His corporate and industry experience encompasses sales, marketing, strategic planning, software, and product management.

Areas of Focus

Real Estate Brokerage | Real Estate Development | Real Estate Finance | Real Estate Investing

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Degree Information

  • PHD, Georgia State University (2012)
  • MS, Georgia State University (2009)
  • MBA, Emory University (2005)
  • BBA, University of Georgia (1990)

Areas of Expertise

Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Brokerage

Publications

• “Demand for Warehouse and Distribution Center Space” (with J. Rabianski). Real Estate Issues 36:1, 2011.

• “IPO Market Timing: Evidence from the Operating Performance of REITs” (with V. Sah). Journal of Property Investment and Finance 30:1, 2012.

• “Negotiating the Gender Gap: Real Estate Agent Performance at the Bargaining Table” (with P. Gallimore). Real Estate Economics Volume 41, Issue 3, 2013

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• “Demand for Warehouse and Distribution Center Space” (with J. Rabianski). Real Estate Issues 36:1, 2011.

• “IPO Market Timing: Evidence from the Operating Performance of REITs” (with V. Sah). Journal of Property Investment and Finance 30:1, 2012.

• “Negotiating the Gender Gap: Real Estate Agent Performance at the Bargaining Table” (with P. Gallimore). Real Estate Economics Volume 41, Issue 3, 2013

• “Institutional Ownership and the Dynamics of Trading Volume around FFO Announcements” (with F. Gyamfi-Yeboah and A. Ziobrowski). The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics Volume 49, Issue 1, 2014

• “The Cap Rate Spread: A New Metric for Commercial Underwriting” (with J. Wiley). Real Estate Economics, Volume 44, Issue 2, Summer 2016 Pages 490–520

• “The U.S. Housing Market and the Pricing of Housing Duration” (with A. Owen Tidwell, Andres Jaruegui, and Paul Gallimore). Journal of Housing Research Volume 25, Number 1, 2016

• “Heterogeneous Investor Sentiment in Commercial Real Estate Markets” (with J. Freybote). Real Estate Economics Volume 45, Issue 1; Spring 2017; Pages 154–176

• “Institutional Monitoring, Motivated Investors and Firm Performance” (with William G. Hardin III, Greg Nagel, and Kenneth D. Roskelley). The Journal of Real Estate Research, Volume 39, 2017 - Issue 3

• “Structural Breaks: A Reversal of Roles in the Relationship between Real Estate and Local Industry” (with C. Jin and A. Tidwell). The Journal of Housing Research Volume 27, Issue 2, 2018

• “The Impact of Investor Sentiment on Commercial Real Estate Market Liquidity” (with Julia Freybote) The Journal of Real Estate Research Volume 40, N. 4, 2018, pp. 597-627

• “A Fundamentalist Theory of Real Estate Market Outcomes” (with Charles Beauchamp, Jennifer Fowler, and Stuart Fowler). Economic Modelling, Volume 73, 2018.

• “Academic Tenure, Income Uncertainty, and Real Estate Risk-Taking” (with Stuart Fowler, Sean Salter, and Cayman Seagraves) The Journal of Housing Research, 2021

• “Institutional Segmentation and Dynamic REIT Demand” (with F. Gyamfi-Yeboah and Cayman Seagraves) The Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 28:1 2022

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