John Orellana

I am a Financial Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. I received my PhD in Economics from the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

My ongoing research spans topics of household finance, real estate, climate risk, neighborhood change, political polarization, and experimental design.

Publications

Distinguishing Causes of Neighborhood Change: A Nearest Neighbor Design, 2025

with Patrick Bayer, Marcus Casey, W Ben McCartney and Calvin Zhang, American Economic Review, 115 (11): 3999–4039.

Measuring Flood Underinsurance in the USA, 2025

with Natee Amornsiripanitch, Siddarth Biswas, and David Zink, Nature Climate Change, 15, 971–977 (2025).

Political Polarization Affects Households' Financial Decisions, Evidence from Home Sales, 2024

with W Ben McCartney and Calvin Zhang, Journal of Finance, 79(2):795-841.

Working Papers

Who Leaves the Flood Plain? Homeowner Relocation on Information and Risk Transfer,

with Heyun Liore, revising

Presentations:

Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, 3/2024
Temple University, Fox School of Business, 4/2024
Consumer Finance Institute, Academic Advisory Council Meeting, 5/2024

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