Agenda and Papers

Preliminary Program
updated June 13, 2025

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 at the Cliff Lodge

6:00 PM Reception                                                                                                             Primrose A
7:00 PM

Dinner

Primrose A

 

SUNDAY, JUNE 22 at the Cliff Lodge

8:00 AM Breakfast                                                                                                             Primrose A

9:00 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session I

 

Monetary Policy and Rents [View Full Paper Here]

Boaz Abramson, Columbia University, Pablo De Llanos, Columbia University, Lu Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presenter: Boaz Abramson, Columbia University

Discussant: Michael Reher, University of California, San Diego, Rady School of Management

 

Housing is the Financial Cycle: Evidence from 100 Years of Local Building Permits [View Full Paper Here]
Gustavo Cortes, University of Florida

Cameron LaPoint, Yale School of Management 

Presenter: Cameron LaPoint, Yale School of Management 

Discussant: Chester Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Primrose B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:30 AM Break  

11:00 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session II

 

Diversifying the Suburbs: Rental Supply and Spatial Inequality [View Full Paper Here]
Konhee Chang, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Presenter: Konhee Chang, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Discussant: Soon Hyeok Choi, Rochester Institute of Technology, Saunders College of Business

 

 

Mortgage Lock-in, Lifecycle Migration, and the Welfare Effects of Housing Market Liquidity  [View Full Paper Here]
Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Franklin Qian, UNC, Kenan-Flagler Business School, David Zhang, Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business

Presenter: Franklin Qian, UNC, Kenan-Flagler Business School

    Discussant: Dayin Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business

 

 

Primrose B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:30 PM Lunch Primrose A

2:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session III - Lightning Round

 

Hidden Biases:  Selective Advertising in the Rental Housing Market [View Full Paper Here]
Daniel Gold,  University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business, Lu Han, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business, Christopher Timmins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business
Presenter: Daniel Gold, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business

 

 

New Listing Alert: Alternative Theory of Housing Search [View Full Paper Here]

Sonia Gilbukh, Baruch College, CUNY, Zicklin School of Business

Presenter: Sonia Gilbukh, Baruch College, CUNY, Zicklin School of Business

 

 

Race, Rental Yields, and Housing Decay in Manhattan  [View Full Paper Here]

 

Christophe Spaenjers, University of Colorado, Boulder, Leeds School of Business, Tom Nichols, Harvard Business School, Harvard University 

Presenter: Christophe Spaenjers, University of Colorado, Boulder, Leeds School of Business

 

The Writing on the Maturity Wall: Commercial Real Estate Performance and Rollover Risk [View Full Paper Here]

Jiakai Chen, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Shidler College of Business, Yifan Chen, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Shidler College of Business
Presenter: Jiakai Chen, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Shidler College of Business

 

 

Up in Smoke: The Impact of Wildfire Pollution on Healthcare Municipal Finance 

    [View Full Paper Here]

Sean Wilkoff, The University of Nevada, Reno, College of Business, Luis Lopez, University of Illinois at Chicago, Dermot Murphy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Nitzan Tzur Ilan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Presenter: Sean Wilkoff, The University of Nevada, Reno, College of Business

 

 

 

Primrose B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:30 PM Break    

4:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session IV

 

Racial Differences in the Total Rate of Return on Owner-Occupied Housing [View Full Paper Here]
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford Graduate School of Business and the National Bureau of Economic Research, Stanford University, William Diamond, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business
Presenter: William Diamond, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business Discussant: Alina Arefeva, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business

 

Primrose B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4:45 PM Adjourn