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SI 2026 Real Estate
Organized by Milena Almagro, Adam Guren, Benjamin J. Keys, and Tomasz Piskorski July 29-30, 2026 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA FORMAT: For the 45-minute sessions: 25 minutes for the author, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 10 minutes for open discussion. For the shorter paper sessions: 20 minutes for the author and 5 minutes for open discussion. |
| Wednesday, July 29 | |
| 8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 8:30 am |
The Commercial Real Estate Eco-System
Discussant:
Jacob Sagi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 9:15 am |
Break
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| 9:25 am |
Private Provision of Public Housing: Impacts on Targeting
Discussant:
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER |
| 10:10 am |
Break
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| 10:30 am |
The Effect of LIHTC on Housing Markets: Quantities, Prices, and Welfare
Discussant:
Cody Cook, Yale University |
| 11:15 am |
Break
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| 11:25 am |
Evicted from Opportunity: Labor Market Effects of Housing Loss in High-Productivity Cities
Discussant:
Boaz Abramson, Columbia University |
| 12:10 pm |
Lunch
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Ph.D. Student and Job Market Session
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| 1:10 pm |
The Redistributive and Efficiency Effects of Property Taxation |
| 1:35 pm |
Continuous Spatial Difference-in-Differences for Welfare Evaluation |
| 2:00 pm |
Break
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| 2:10 pm |
Fiscal Externalities of Transaction Taxes: Evidence from the Los Angeles Mansion Tax
Discussant:
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
| 2:55 pm |
Break
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| 3:15 pm |
Highly Disaggregated Land Unavailability
Discussant:
Albert Saiz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 4:00 pm |
Break
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| 4:10 pm |
The Price and Distributional Impact of Flood Risk Disclosure: Evidence from US Housing Platforms
Discussant:
Abigail J. Ostriker, Boston University |
| 4:55 pm |
Adjourn
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| Thursday, July 30 | |
| 8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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Joint with Urban Economics
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Job Market Session
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| 8:30 am |
Overlapping Jurisdictions and the Provision of Local Public Goods in U.S. Metropolitan Areas |
| 8:55 am |
Slum Redevelopments and Evictions in a Developing Megacity |
| 9:20 am |
Family Ties, Residential Location Choice, and Labor Supply
Discussant:
Laura Weiwu, University of California, Berkeley |
| 10:05 am |
Break
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| 10:20 am |
Racial Segregation, Landlords, and Urban Decay
Discussant:
Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto |
| 11:05 am |
Zoning and the American Suburb
Discussant:
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto |
| 11:50 am |
Lunch
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| 12:50 pm |
How Costly Is Permitting in Housing Development?
Discussant:
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
| 1:35 pm |
Assessing Assessors
Discussant:
Christopher Berry, The University of Chicago |
| 2:20 pm |
Adjourn Joint Session
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