Research Seminar - Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

Seminar Time: Thursday 11:00-12:15 pm

Seminar Schedule
Date	Speaker/Affiliation	Topic	Room
2/12/2026	Maggie Hu Baruch College (Zicklin)	Fake Bidders, Real Consequences: Shill Bidding and Price Manipulation in Judicial Housing Auctions	Grainger 3560
2/19/2026 (10:30-11:45)	Derek Stacy University of Waterloo	Frictional and Speculative Vacancies: The Effects of an Empty Homes Tax	Grainger 3325
2/26/2026	Miroslav Gabrovski University of Hawaii Manoa	The Presale Price Premium Puzzle	Grainger 3560
3/5/2026	Diego Puga CEMFI	City buzz: Face-to-face interactions and the urban environment	Grainger 3560
3/12/2026	Spencer Couts USC	Institutional Investors' Subjective Risk Premia: Time Variation and Disagreement	Grainger 3560
3/19/2026	Benji Edelstein Loyola University Chicago (Quinlan)	Water Scarcity Management and Housing Markets: Evidence from Water Impact Fees in Colorado	Grainger 3560
3/26/2026	No Seminar
4/2/2026	Spring Recess
4/9/2026	Janet Gao Georgetown University (McDonough)	Partisan Friendshoring	Grainger 3560
4/16/2026	No Seminar
4/23/2026	Joon Yup Park University of Hawaii Manoa	TBD	Grainger 3560
4/28/2026 (Tue, 10:00-12:00)	Kwan Ok Lee/Arkodipta Sarkar National University of Singapore	Consumer Protection in Housing Markets and the Democratization of Homeownership	Grainger 2335
4/30/2026	Sophia Gilbukh Baruch College (Zicklin)	TBD	Grainger 3560
5/4/2026 (Mon)	Timothy McQuade UC Berkeley (Haas)	TBD	Grainger 3560

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