Working Papers
Working Papers
“When Illness Strikes Home: The Impact of Severe Health Shocks on Homeownership” (with Hanchen Jiang)
“Does Economic Freedom Hedge Against Bad Luck? Effects of Natural Disasters on Local Housing Returns” (with Michael Abrokwah, Erik Devos, and Xiaojin Sun)
“ESG Performance and Climate Risk” (with Ryan Chacon, Zifeng Feng, and Ran Lu-Andrews)
"Rent Control and Rent Overcharge" (with Brent Ambrose, Ruoyu Chen, and Hanchen Jiang)
"The Pandemic, Gender, and Work Productivity: Evidence from the Real Estate Brokerage Industry" (with Geoffrey Turnbull and Bennie Waller)
Bian, Xun, Ruoyu Chen, and Hanchen Jiang "Housing Affordability and Rent Control: The Case of Elderly Tenants," Urban Studies, Forthcoming.
Bian, Xun, N. Edward Coulson, and Xiaojin Sun "Warmth of the Welcome: Immigration and Local Housing Price Dynamics," Real Estate Economics, (2025) 53 (4): 648-675.
Bian, Xun, Ruoyu Chen, and Hanchen Jiang "Do Immigrants Equally Benefit from Rent Control?" Real Estate Economics (2025) 53(1): 67-100.
Bian, Xun, Zhenguo Lin, and Feifei Zhu "Housing Leverage, Home Value, and Retirement." Real Estate Economics (2024) 52(4): 1103-1139.
Bian, Xun, Zifeng Feng, Zhenguo Lin and Yingchun Liu “Holding onto the Past: Previous Homes, Post-Move Housing Consumption, and the Great Recession,” Journal of Real Estate Research (2024) 46(2): 214-244.
Bian, Xun and Feifei Zhu "Does Owning a Home Make Us More Generous?" Journal of Housing Research (2024) 33(1): 80-111.
Bian, Xun, Justin Contat, Bennie D. Waller, and Scott A. Wentland, "Why Disclose Less Information? Toward Resolving a Disclosure Puzzle in the Housing Market," Journal of Real Estate Finance & Economics (2023) 66(2): 443-486.
Bian, Xun, Erik Devos, and Zifeng Feng "Commercial Real Estate Returns and Innovation," Journal of Real Estate Research (2023) 45(3):385-404.
Bian, Xun and Zhenguo Lin "Housing Debt and Elderly Housing Tenure Choices," Real Estate Economics (2022) 50(5): 1360-1397.
Bian, Xun, Raymond T. Brastow, Bennie D. Waller, and Scott A. Wentland, "Foreclosure Externalities and Home Liquidity," Real Estate Economics (2021) 49(3): 876-916.
Bian, Xun, "Disability and Mortgage Delinquency," Housing Studies (2021) 36(10): 1537-1565.
Bian, Xun, Zhenguo Lin, and Yingchun Liu, "House Price, Loan-to-Value Ratio and Credit Risk," Journal of Banking & Finance (2018) 92: 1-12.
Bian, Xun, Zhenguo Lin, and Yingchun Liu, "Bargaining, Mortgage Financing and Housing Prices," Journal of Real Estate Research (2018) 40(3): 419-451.
Bian, Xun, "Housing Equity Dynamics and Home Improvements," Journal of Housing Economics (2017) 37: 29-41.
Bian, Xun, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, and Bennie D. Waller, "Client Externality Effects of Agents Selling Their Own Properties," Journal of Real Estate Finance & Economics (2017) 54(2): 139-164.
Bian, Xun, Bennie D. Waller, and Abdullah Yavas, "Commission Splits in Real Estate Transactions," Journal of Real Estate Finance & Economics (2017) 54(2): 165-187.
Bian, Xun, Bennie D. Waller, and Scott A. Wentland, "The Role of Transaction Costs in Impeding Market Exchange in Real Estate," Journal of Housing Research (2016) 25(2): 115-135.
Bian, Xun, "Leverage and Elderly Homeowners’ Decisions to Downsize," Housing Studies (2016) 31(1): 20-41.
Bian, Xun, Bennie D. Waller, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, and Scott A. Wentland, "How Many Listings Are Too Many? The Impact of Agent Inventory Externalities," Journal of Housing Economics (2015) 28: 130-143.
Bian, Xun and Abdullah Yavas, "Prepayment Penalty as a Screening Mechanism for Default and Prepayment Risks," Real Estate Economics (2013) 41(1): 193-224.
Ambrose, Brent W., and Xun Bian. "Stock Market Information and REIT Earnings Management," Journal of Real Estate Research (2010) 32(1): 101-138.
Book Chapters
Bian, X., Brastow, R., Stoll, M., Waller, B., and Wentland, S. (2021). “Neighborhood Sorting Dynamics in Real Estate: Evidence from the Virginia Sex Offender Registry.” In Hall, J., Lawson, K., and Shia, J., editors, Measuring Amenities and Disamenities in the Housing Market: Applications of the Hedonic Method, chapter 2, pages 19–44. Morgantown: Regional Research Institute.