SI 2021 Real Estate

Rebecca Diamond, Fernando V. Ferreira, and Tomasz Piskorski, Organizers

July 28-29, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 28
10:30 am
Session 1 (20 min per paper, 10 min Q&A)

Government and Private Household Debt Relief during COVID-19

How Resilient is Mortgage Credit Supply? Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic
11:30 am
Break
11:45 am
Session 2 (20 min per paper, 10 min Q&A)

How to Build Affordable Housing? The Role of Local Barriers to Building Multi-Unit Housing (slides)

Learning about Homelessness Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data (slides)
12:45 pm
Break
1:15 pm
JMP (15 min per paper, 5 min Q&A)

Why Are Residential Property Tax Rates Regressive?

Local Crime News Bias: Extent, Causes and Consequences

House Price Contagion and U.S. City Migration Networks
2:15 pm
Session 3 (20 min per paper, 10 min Q&A)

How Much Does Racial Bias Affect Mortgage Lending? Evidence from Data on Human and Algorithmic Credit Decisions

Using High-Frequency Evaluations to Estimate Discrimination: Evidence from Mortgage Loan Officers
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Session 4 (20 min per paper, 10 min Q&A)

The Work-at-Home Technology Boon and its Consequences (slides)

Flattening the Curve: Pandemic-Induced Revaluation of Urban Real Estate
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 29
Joint Session with Urban Economics
9:30 am
JMP (15 min per paper, 5 min Q&A)

Reclaiming Local Control: School Finance Reforms and Housing Supply Restrictions

Does Building New Housing Cause Displacement?: The Supply and Demand Effects of Construction in San Francisco

The Effects of High-skilled Firm Entry on Incumbent Residents
10:30 am
Session 5 (20 min per paper, 10 min Q&A)

Neglected No More: Housing Markets, Mortgage Lending, and Sea Level Rise

Urban Welfare: Tourism in Barcelona (slides)
11:30 am
Break
11:45 am
Session 6 (20 min per paper, 10 min Q&A)

Estimating the Economic Value of Zoning Reform

Consumption Access and the Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity: Evidence from Smartphone Data
12:45 pm
Adjourn