8th Annual Conference: Real Estate and Urban Economics

8th Annual Conference
Real Estate And Urban Economics

May
2021

Monday (Morning)

Housing Economics and Risks
Chair: Stijn Van Niewerburgh (Columbia University & ABFER)

8:30 am – 9:20 am (SGT)

Zoe Yang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Hanming Fang* (University of Pennsylvania & ABFER)
Long Wang (ShanghaiTech University)

Discussant:
Wenlan Qian (National University of Singapore & ABFER)

Conference Paper

9:20 am - 10:10 am

Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulatory Frictions and Cross-Subsidies

Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva (Federal Reserve Board)
Ishita Sen* (Harvard University)

Discussant:
Shan Ge (New York University)

Conference Paper

10:10 am - 10:20 am

Break

10:20 am - 11:10 am

Credit Risk Transfer and the Pricing of Mortgage Default Risk

Deborah Lucas* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & ABFER)
Edward Golding (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Discussant:
Brent Ambrose (Pennsylvania State University)

Conference Paper

11:10 am – 12:00 pm

Cool Cities: The Value of Green Infrastructure

Lu Han* (University of Wisconsin)
Stephan Heblich (University of Toronto)
Christopher Timmins (Duke University)
Yanos Zylberberg (University of Bristol)

Discussant:
Yu Qin (National University of Singapore)

MAY
2021

Monday (Afternoon)

Mortgage Markets and Credit Risks
Chair: Wenlan Qian (National University of Singapore & ABFER)

3:00 pm - 3:50 pm (SGT)

Lending Next to the Courthouse: Exposure to Adverse Events and Mortgage Lending Decisions

Mingzhu Tai* (The University of Hong Kong)
Da Huo (The University of Hong Kong)
Yuhai Xuan (University of California, Irvine)

Discussant:
Arkodipta Sarkar (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Conference Paper

3:50 pm – 4:40 pm

Climate Change Concerns and Mortgage Lending

Frank Weikai Li (Singapore Management University)
Tinghua Duan* (IESEG School of Management)

Discussant:
Zoe Yang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Conference Paper

4:40 pm - 4:50 pm

Break

4:50 pm - 5:40 pm

Know Thyself: Free Credit Reports and the Retail Mortgage Market

Amit Kumar* (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Discussant:
Shashwat Alok (Indian School of Business)

Conference Paper

5:40 pm - 6:30 pm

The Missing Home Buyers: Regional Heterogeneity and Credit Contractions

Pierre Mabille* (INSEAD)

Discussant:
Yu Zhang (Peking University)

Conference Paper

June
2021

Tuesday (Morning)

Macroeconomic policies and Urban Economics
Chair: Yongheng Deng (University of Wisconsin – Madison & ABFER)

8:30 am – 9:20 am (SGT)

Nowcasting Economic Activity with Mobility Data

Koji Takahashi (Bank of Japan)
Yusuke Oh* (Bank of Japan)
Kohei Matsumuraz (Bank of Japan)
Tomohiro Sugo (Bank of Japan)

Discussant:
Shirley Xin Zou (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Conference Paper

9:20 am – 10:10 am

Climate Risk Perceptions and Demand for Flood Insurance

Buvaneshwaran Venugopal* (University of Central Florida)
Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara (Louisiana State University)

Discussant:
Carlos Garriga (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

Conference Paper

10:10 am - 10:20 am

Break

10:20 am – 11:10 am

On the Real Effects of the ECB’s Unconventional Monetary Policy: Evidence From German Regions

Chang Ma* (Fudan University)
Daniel Marcel te Kaat (University of Groningen)
Alessandro Rebucci (Johns Hopkins University)

Discussant:
Cristian Badarinza (National University of Singapore)

Conference Paper

11:10 am – 12:00 pm

Appraisal Inflation and Private Mortgage Securitization

Abdullah Yavas (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Moussa Diop* (University of Southern California)
Shuang Zhu (Kansas State University)

Discussant:
Changcheng Song (Singapore Management University)

Conference Paper

* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 8 April 2021.

Session Format

Four papers will be presented for each session. Each paper has 30 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for discussant remarks, and 10 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 10 minutes break after two papers.

Contact Information

Program Director	Conference Organizer
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Yongheng Deng (University of Wisconsin-Madison & ABFER)
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Sheridan Titman (University of Texas, Austin & ABFER)
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Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia University & ABFER)
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Tien Foo Sing (National University of Singapore)
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