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
8:30 am

The Commercial Real Estate Eco-System

Ralph S. J. Koijen, The University of Chicago and NBER
Neel Shah, Columbia University
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Jacob Sagi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:15 am
Break
9:25 am

Private Provision of Public Housing: Impacts on Targeting

Hector Blanco, Rutgers University
Elizabeth Lochhead, New York University

Discussant:
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am

The Effect of LIHTC on Housing Markets: Quantities, Prices, and Welfare

Fernando V. Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Gillian Meyer, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER

Discussant:
Cody Cook, Yale University
11:15 am
Break
11:25 am

Evicted from Opportunity: Labor Market Effects of Housing Loss in High-Productivity Cities

Brian J. Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Kate Pennington, U.S. Census Bureau
Charly Porcher, Georgetown University

Discussant:
Boaz Abramson, Columbia University
12:10 pm
Lunch
Ph.D. Student and Job Market Session
1:10 pm

The Redistributive and Efficiency Effects of Property Taxation

Zong Huang, Santa Clara University
1:35 pm

Continuous Spatial Difference-in-Differences for Welfare Evaluation

Sean E. McCulloch, Brown University
2:00 pm
Break
2:10 pm

Fiscal Externalities of Transaction Taxes: Evidence from the Los Angeles Mansion Tax

Jack Liebersohn, University of California Irvine
Tejaswi Velayudhan, University of California, Irvine
Vikram Jambulapati, University of California, San Diego
Daniel Green, Harvard University

Discussant:
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:55 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Highly Disaggregated Land Unavailability

Chandler Lutz, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Benjamin M. Sand, York University

Discussant:
Albert Saiz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:00 pm
Break
4:10 pm

The Price and Distributional Impact of Flood Risk Disclosure: Evidence from US Housing Platforms

Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado Boulder
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Weiling Liu, Northeastern University

Discussant:
Abigail J. Ostriker, Boston University
4:55 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 30
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Joint with Urban Economics
Job Market Session
8:30 am

Overlapping Jurisdictions and the Provision of Local Public Goods in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Francesco Ruggieri, University of Virginia
8:55 am

Slum Redevelopments and Evictions in a Developing Megacity

Alishuba Philip, University of Zurich
9:20 am

Family Ties, Residential Location Choice, and Labor Supply

Hadar Avivi, University College London
Santiago Lacouture, University of Chicago
Felipe Lobel, Stanford University
Winnie van Dijk, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Laura Weiwu, University of California, Berkeley
10:05 am
Break
10:20 am

Racial Segregation, Landlords, and Urban Decay

Tom Nicholas, Harvard University
Christophe Spaenjers, University of Colorado Boulder

Discussant:
Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto
11:05 am

Zoning and the American Suburb

Ryan Gallagher, Northeastern Illinois University
Allison Shertzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Tate Twinam, William & Mary

Discussant:
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
11:50 am
Lunch
12:50 pm

How Costly Is Permitting in Housing Development?

Evan J. Soltas, Princeton University and NBER
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
1:35 pm

Assessing Assessors

Huaizhi Chen, University of Texas at Dallas
Lauren Cohen, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Christopher Berry, The University of Chicago
2:20 pm
Adjourn Joint Session