SI 2020 Real Estate

Fernando V. Ferreira and Tomasz Piskorski, Organizers

July 22-23, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 22
FORMAT: Each presenter will have 20 minutes to show the research, immediately followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. The moderator will invite presenters' co-authors to address audience questions in the Zoom chat while the presenter is presenting. The moderator may also voice one or two questions from the Zoom chat directly to the presenter during the presentation. During Q&A the moderator will select participants from the Zoom chat to voice their questions
11:00 am

Global Capital and Local Assets: House Prices, Quantities, and Elasticities (slides)

iBuyers: Liquidity in Real Estate Markets?
12:00 pm
Break
12:15 pm

Reference Dependence in the Housing Market (slides)

Learning about Housing Cost: Survey Evidence from the German House Price Boom
1:15 pm
Break
1:45 pm
Roundtable: COVID-19 pandemic, economic downturn, and real estate markets
Michael Fratantoni, Chief Economist of Mortgage Bankers Association
Jacques Gordon, Global Strategist for LaSalle Investment Management
Svenja Gudell, Chief Economist of Zillow Group
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Betting on the House: Subjective Expectations and Market Choices

Are Stated Expectations Actual Beliefs? New Evidence for the Beliefs Channel of Investment Demand (slides)
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects of New Housing in Low-Income Areas

Why Do Borrowers Default on Mortgages? A New Method for Causal Attribution
5:15 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 23
Joint session with the Urban group
Session I
9:00 am

Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects (slides)

Cities Without Skylines: Worldwide Building-Height Gaps and their Implications (slides)
Session II
10:00 am

The Price of Protection: Landlord-Tenant Regulations and the Decline in Rental Affordability, 1960-2017

The Price of Residential Land for Counties, ZIP codes, and Census Tracts in the United States (slides)
Session III
11:00 am

Neighborhood Choice, Information, and the Value of Amenities (slides)

The Microgeography of Housing Supply
12:00 pm
Adjourn