10th Annual Conference 
Real Estate And Urban Economics

(Joint with IREUS)

 
 
22
May
2023
Monday (Morning)
Climate and Real Estate 
Chair: Tien Foo SING (National University of Singapore)

Location: Azalea 1

9:00 am – 10:00 am (SGT)
Leveraging the Disagreement on Climate Change: Theory and Evidence
Russell Tsz-Nga WONG* (The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond )
Laura BAKKENSEN (University of Arizona)
Toan PHAN (The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)

Discussant:
Jiro YOSHIDA (Pennsylvania State University)
10:00 am – 11:00 am
The unintended consequences of coal fired power plant closures: Evidence from China
Yi FAN* (National University of Singapore)
Qiuxia GAO (National University of Singapore)
Cheng Keat TANG (Nanyang Technological University)

Discussant:
Xin ZOU (Hong Kong Baptist University)
11:00 am – 11:30 am
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
The Value of Cleaner Waterways: Evidence from the Black-and-Smelly Water Program in China
Yue YU* (University of Toronto)
Qianyang ZHANG (Columbia University)

Discussant:
Ryan Yuan REN (Zhejiang University)


  
22
May
2023
Monday (Afternoon)
Housing Market and Tax
Chair: Sheridan TITMAN (University of Texas at Austin & ABFER)

Location: Azalea 1

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (SGT)
Frictional and Speculative Vacancies: The Effects of an Empty Homes Tax
Derek STACEY (University of Waterloo)
Lu HAN* (University of Wisconsin – Madison & ABFER)
Hong CHEN (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business)

Discussant:
Yi FAN (National University of Singapore)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Housing Wealth and Fertility in China: A Regression Discontinuity Design
Fan ZHANG* (University of International Business and Economics)
Ya TAN (University of International Business and Economics)
Geer ANG (University of California)
Qinghua ZHANG (Peking University)

Discussant:
Jing WU (Tsinghua University)
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Housing Speculation and Entrepreneurship
Yichu WANG* (Tsinghua University)
Xuan TIAN (Tsinghua University)

Discussant:
Brent AMBROSE (Pennsylvania State University)

* Presenter. Program is subjected to change. Updated 31 May 2023.

Session Format

Three papers will be presented during each session. Each paper has 30 minutes for presentation, 15 minutes for discussant remarks, and 15 minutes for Q&A. There will be a 30 minutes break after two papers.

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Program Director Conference Organizer

Yongheng DENG (University of Wisconsin-Madison & ABFER)
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Sheridan Titman (University of Texas, Austin & ABFER)
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Lu HAN (University of Wisconsin-Madison & ABFER)
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Tien Foo Sing (National University of Singapore & ABFER)
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Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia University & ABFER)
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