Agenda and Papers

Dinner

9:00 AM

Session I

Mortgage Lenders’ Diversity Policies and Mortgage Lending to Minorities [Download full paper]
Ivy Feng, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Devin M. Shanthikumar, University of California Irvine, Dayin Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presenter: Dayin Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Discussant: Karen Pence, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Why Zoning is Too Restrictive [Download full paper]
Jack Favilukis, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Jaehee Song, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado

Presenter: Jack Favilukis, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Discussant: Nancy Wallace, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Lehua Suite

11:00 AM

Session II

In Search of the Matching Function in the Housing Market [Download full paper]
Cristian Badarinza, National University of Singapore and CEPR, Vimal Balasubramaniam, Queen Mary University of London and CEPR, Tarun Ramadorai, Imperial College London and CEPR

Presenter: Vimal Balasubramaniam, Queen Mary University of London and CEPR

Discussant: Sonia Gilbukh, Baruch College, CUNY

Identifying the Portfolio Balance Mechanism [Download full paper]
Jefferson Duarte, Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Rice University, Tarik Umar, Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Rice University

Presenter: Tarik Umar, Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Rice University

Discussant: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University

Lehua Suite

2:00 PM

Session III - Lightning Round

Environmental Health Risks, Property Values and Neighborhood Composition [Download full paper]
Jules van Binsbergen, University of Pennsylvania, CEPR and NBER, João F. Cocco, London Business School and CEPR, Marco Grotteria, London Business School and CEPR, S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan, London Business School
Presenter: Marco Grotteria, London Business School and CEPR

Impact of Institutional Owners on Housing Markets [Download full paper]
Caitlin S. Gorback, McCombs School of Business, UT-Austin, Franklin Qian, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Zipei Zhu, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Presenter: Franklin Qian, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Exploring Climate Risk, Risk Retention, and CMBS: Understanding their Interplay [Download full paper]
Yildiray Yildirim, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY, Bing Zhu, Technical University of Munich, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
Presenter: Yildiray Yildirim, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY

Adaptation to Climate Change Through Mortgage Default and Prepayment [Download full paper]
Yongheng Deng, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Congyan Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Teng Li, Sun Yat-sen University, Timothy Riddiough, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Presenter: Congyan Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Picking Up the PACE: Loans for Residential Climate-Proofing [Download full paper]
Aymeric Bellon, UNC Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Cameron LaPoint, Yale School of Management, Francesco Mazzola, ESCP Business School, Guosong Xu, Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management
Presenter: Aymeric Bellon, UNC Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School

Lehua Suite

4:00 PM

Session IV

Did Pandemic Relief Fraud Inflate House Prices? [Download full paper]
John M. Griffin, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Samuel Kruger, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Prateek Mahajan, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Presenter: John M. Griffin, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant: Marco Giacoletti, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

Lehua Suite