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

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 (lead article)

Working Papers

Distinguishing Causes of Neighborhood Change: A Nearest Neighbor Design

with Patrick Bayer, Marcus Casey, W Ben McCartney and Calvin Zhang, conditionally accepted at the American Economic Review (NBER Working Paper, 2022)

Measuring Flood Underinsurance

with Natee Amornsiripanitch, Siddarth Biswas, and David Zink, forthcoming at Nature Climate Change

Presentations:

FRB Philadelphia Climate Seminar, 3/2024
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Round Robin, 3/2024
FRB System Climate Meeting, 5/2024
AREUEA National Conference, 5/2024
EFA, 4/2025
WEAI, 6/2025

Quasi-Experimental Instructor Cross-Over Design: A Practical Route to Power and Internal Validity,

with Dahlia Remler, revision requested at the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Presentations:

Marxe School Research Seminar, 7/2020
Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference, 3/2021

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

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse