Working Papers
Working Papers
"Housing Affordability and Rent Control: The Case of Elderly Tenants" (with Ruoyu Chen and Hanchen Jiang) [Accepted, Urban Studies]
“Does Economic Freedom Hedge Against Bad Luck? Effects of Natural Disasters on Local Housing Returns” (with Michael Abrokwah, Erik Devos, and Xiaojin Sun) [Under Review]
"Rent Control, Rent Overcharge, and Rent Disparity: Evidence from New York City" (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, 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.