Real Estate Reading Group
Spring 2024, UT Austin
Spring 2024, UT Austin
We will meet weekly on Thursdays at 3:30 PM in GSB 3.106, with a couple of exceptions noted in red below.
Session 1
Why is Intermediating Houses so Difficult? Evidence from iBuyers
Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski, and Amit Seru
R&R at Journal of Political Economy, 2022
Presenter: Zirui Wang
Date and Time: Thursday, March 21, 3:30 PM
Location: GSB 3.106
Session 2
Do Wall Street Landlords Undermine Renters’ Welfare?
Umit G Gurun, Jiabin Wu, Steven Chong Xiao, Serena Wenjing Xiao
Review of Financial Studies, 2023
Presenter: Deheng Xu
Date and Time: Thursday, March 28, 3:30 PM
Location: GSB 3.106
Session 3
East-Side Story: Historical Pollution and Persistent Neighborhood Sorting
Stephan Heblich, Alex Trew, and Yanos Zylberberg
Journal of Political Economy, 2021
Presenter: Kevin Mei
Date and Time: Thursday, April 4, 3:30 PM
Location: GSB 3.106
Session 4
Housing Wealth and Consumption: Evidence from Geographically-Linked Microdata
Aditya Aladangady
American Economic Review, 2017
Presenter: Minjoo Kim
Date and Time: Thursday, April 11, 3:30 PM
Location: GSB 3.106
Session 5
Who Bears Flood Risk? Evidence from Mortgage Markets in Florida
Parinitha Sastry
R&R at Review of Financial Studies, 2022
Presenter: Prateek Mahajan
Date and Time: Thursday, April 18, 3:30 PM
Location: GSB 5.154
Session 6
Climate Change and Long-Run Discount Rates: Evidence from Real Estate
Stefano Giglio, Matteo Maggiori, Krishna Rao, Johannes Stroebel, Andreas Weber
Review of Financial Studies, 2021
Presenter: Xinran Zhang
Date and Time: Thursday, April 25, 3:30 PM
Location: GSB 3.106