The Lusk Center’s Real Estate Research Seminar Series is an opportunity for visiting scholars to present their work and participate in discussions with faculty from across USC, including from the Dornsife College of Letters Arts and Sciences, Price School of Public Policy, and Marshall School of Business. This year’s series will cover a wide variety of topics in real estate and urban economics.
The schedule below displays all confirmed speakers including the topic of their talk and, if available, a link to their working paper and presentation.
RSVP is required. If you would like to attend a Lusk Research Seminar, please contact Nina Tibayan at tibayan@usc.edu
Fall 2026 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Sean Flynn Wisconsin School of Business |
The Effect of Mortgage Rate Lock-in on Commercial Real Estate |
| September 18, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 209 |
Tomas Monarez |
Boundaries in Motion: Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Redistricting |
| October 23, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
Evan Soltas Princeton University |
TBA |
| October 30, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
Jessie Handbury The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Segmentation and Returns on Rental Housing |
| November 6, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
Chris Timmins Wisconsin School of Business |
Screening by Name: How Imprecise Tenant Background Checks Restrict Housing Access for Innocent Renters |
| November 20, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
UCI-UCLA-USC Workshop | TBA |
Previous Seminars 2016-Present
Spring 2026 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
Jiro Yoshida Pennsylvania State University |
Measuring Expectations in Real Estate Markets from Long-Term Lease Contracts |
| February 6, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 100 |
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh |
The Commercial Real Estate Ecosystem |
| April 10, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Tess Scharlemann |
Locked In: Mobility, Market Tightness, and House Prices |
| April 17, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Lu Han |
Not All Bids Are Equal: Racial Gaps in the Housing Market |
| April 30, 2026 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Alina Arefeva University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Enforcement Risk and Screening in Rental Markets: Evidence from Eviction Moratoria |
Fall 2025 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| September 12, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Robert French Loyola Marymount University |
Quantifying the Welfare Impacts of Gentrification on Low-Income Incumbent Renters |
| September 26, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Jaehee Song University of Colorado Boulder |
Local Spillovers of Startup Innovation |
| October 17, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
Idil Tanrisever University of California, Irvine |
Upzoning and Neighborhood Change: Evidence from Los Angeles |
| October 24, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
Jim Conklin University of Georgia |
How the Source of Financing Discrimination Affects Housing Opportunities for FHA Buyers |
| October 31, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Jan David Bakker Bocconi University |
The Equilibrium Effects of Regulating Junk Fees: Evidence from the Rental Brokerage Market |
| November 14, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Jacob Sagi University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
The Importance of Being Earnest (In Search Markets) |
Spring 2025 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
JoonYup Park University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
Improving Access to Opportunity: Housing Vouchers and Residential Equilibrium |
| February 20-21, 2025 USC Marshall |
4th West Coast Spatial Workshop |
Special Event - Click Here for Program |
| March 7, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 103 |
Cameron LaPoint Yale School of Management |
Housing Is the Financial Cycle: Evidence from 100 Years of Local Building Permits. |
| March 14, 2025 9:00 am - 4:00 pm RGL 100 |
Rena Sivitanidou Annual Research Symposium: Climate Sustainability, Adaptation, and Resilience |
Special Event - Click Here for Program |
| April 4, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Nitzan Tzur-Ilan Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
Climate Risk, Insurance Premiums and the Effects on Mortgage and Credit Outcomes |
| April 18, 2025 12:00-1:15 pm RGL 308 |
Harrison Wheeler University of Toronto |
The Effect of a Homebuyer Subsidy on Children |
| April 25, 2025 9:30 am - 4:30 pm UC Irvine SBSG 1517 |
UCI-UCLA-USC Urban Research Symposium |
Special Event - Click Here for Program and Event Registration |
Fall 2024 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| August 30, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal Universitat de Barcelona & IEB |
The Power of Developers: Evidence from California |
| September 27, 2024 2:00-3:30pm RGL 215 |
Isaac Hacamo Indiana University |
Priced-Out: Rent Control, Wages, and Inequality |
| October 25, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Mariaflavia Harari The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Residential Patterns and Local Public Goods in Urban Brazil |
| November 1, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
J. Vernon Henderson London School of Economics |
Dynamics of Greenfield Development: Evidence from Dar es Salaam |
| November 22, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Antonie Levy Haas School of Business UC Berkeley |
Insuring Landlords |
Spring 2024 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| February 16, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Gregor Schubert UCLA Anderson School of Management |
The Real Effects of Household Financial Constraints: When Money Moves In |
| February 23, 2024 9:00am-5:00pm RGL 308 |
Special Event: Lusk Center with PIPE Collaborative |
The Political Economy of Housing |
| March 8, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Ben Hyman Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Firm responses to state hiring subsidies: Regression discontinuity evidence from a tax credit formula. |
| March 22, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Ingrid Gould Ellen NYU Wagner Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy |
The Bronx is Burning: Urban Disinvestment Effects of the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements |
| April 5, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Gilles Duranton Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Urbanisation and urban divergence: France 1760 - 2020 |
| April 26, 2024 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Amir Kermani UC Berkeley Hass School of Business |
Racial Disparities in Housing Returns |
Fall 2023 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2023 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Michael Reher University of California San Diego |
Real Effects of Rollover Risk: Evidence from Hotels in Crisis |
| September 22, 2023 12:30-1:45pm RGL 103 |
Jack Liebersohn Univeristy of California Irvine |
Mortgage Lock |
| October 20, 2023 12:30-1:45pm RGL 103 |
Xi Yang University of North Texas |
More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, House Price, and Fertility |
| November 3, 2023 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
J. Vernon Henderson London School of Economics |
Evaluating Urban Planning: Evidence from Dar es Salaam |
| November 10, 2023 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Luis A. Lopez University of Illinois Chicago |
Redlining and Realtor Associations |
Spring 2023 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2023 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Kwan Ok Lee National University of Singapore |
Big Data for Housing and Their Interaction with Market Dynamics |
| March 24, 2023 12:00-1:30pm RGL 100 |
Yongheng Deng Univeristy of Wisconsin - Madison |
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Unemployment: Evidence from Mobile Phone Data from China |
| April 7, 2023 12:00-1:30pm RGL 103 |
Stephanie Moulton Ohio State University |
Racial Differences in Refinancing and Forbearance Among Low-Income Homeowners During COVID-19 |
| April 21, 2023 12:00-1:30pm RGL 209 |
Anthony Orlando California State Polytechnic University, Pomona |
The Causes and Consequences of Development Costs: Evidence from Multifamily Housing |
| April 28, 2023 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Daniel McMillen University of Illinois Chicago |
Assessment Persistence |
| May 5, 2023 12:00-1:30pm RGL 103 |
Stephen Malpezzi University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Talk Title TBD |
Fall 2022 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2022 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Eunjee Kwon University of Cincinnati |
The Unintended Consequences of Post-Disaster Policies for Spatial Sorting |
| September 16, 2022 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Xudon An Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
Eviction Risk of Rental Housing: Does It Matter How Your Landlord Finances the Property? |
| October 7, 2022 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Albert Saiz Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Local Cultural Roots, Immigrant Settlement, and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from Spanish Toponymy in the US |
| October 21, 2022 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Rogier Holtermans University of Guelph |
Climate Risk and Commercial Mortgage Delinquency |
| October 28, 2022 12:30-1:45pm RGL 219 |
J. Vernon Henderson London School of Economics |
Land Quality |
| November 4, 2022 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Dragana Cvijanovic Cornell University |
Opioid Crisis and Real Estate Prices |
| November 11, 2022 12:30-1:45pm RGL 308 |
Sonia Gilbukh Baruch College |
Listing Alert: Alternative Theory of Housing Search |
Spring 2022 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2022 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Brent Ambrose Pennsylvania State University |
Federal Tax Deductions and the Provision of Local Public Goods |
| March 25, 2022 12:00-1:30pm RGL 219 |
Raven Molloy Federal Reserve Board |
Differences in rent growth by income 1985-2019 and implications for real income inequality |
| April 1, 2022 12:00-1:30pm RGL 103 |
Judson Boomhower UC San Diego |
Mandated vs. voluntary adaptation to natural disasters: the case of U.S. wildfires |
| April 8, 2022 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Franklin Qian UNC-Chapel HIll |
The effects of high-skilled firm entry on incumbent residents |
| Postponed to Fall 2022 |
Davin Reed Federal Reseve Bank of Philadelpia |
Title TBD |
| April 29, 2022 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Spencer Couts USC Sol Price School of Public Policy |
How do non-core allocations affect the risk and returns of private real estate funds? |
FALL 2021 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2021 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Marco Giacoletti USC Marshall School of Buisness |
Using high-frequency evaluations to estimate discrimination: evidence from the mortgage market |
| October 29, 2021 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Emily Weisburst UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs |
Do police make too many arrests? |
| November 5, 2021 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
José Loya UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs |
Ethno-racial stratification in the mortgage market: the role of co-applicants |
| November 12, 2021 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Patrick Smith SDSU Fowler College of Business |
The effect of mortgage securitization on asset liquidation decisions. |
| December 3, 2021 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Meisha Williams Morehouse College, USC Price |
Gender and Microcredit in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Case of Mozambican Smaller Households |
SPRING 2020 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2020 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley Kent State University |
Housing wealth, bequests, and the elderly |
| February 14, 2020 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Ronan Lyons Trinity College Dublin |
The house that union jack built: Social housing and the spread of population in Ireland |
| February 28, 2020 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Arpit Gupta New York University |
Take the Q train: Value capture of public infrastructure projects |
| - Postponed - 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Raven Molloy Federal Reserve Board |
Housing supply and affordability: Evidence from rents, housing consumption and household location |
| - Postponed - 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Davin Reed Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
The local effects of new market-rate housing in low-income areas |
| - Postponed - 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Brent Ambrose Pennsylvania State University |
Preferential treatment in financial contracts: Does borrower and broker race affect mortagage prices? |
FALL 2019 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL308 |
David Ling University of Florida |
There's no place like home: Information asymmetries, local asset concentration, and portfolio returns |
| September 13, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL308 |
Leah Brooks George Washington University |
Infrastructure costs |
| October 4, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL100 |
Adam Storeygard Tufts University |
Mobility and congestion in urban India |
| October 18, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL308 |
Eva Steiner Cornell University |
Collateral values and corporate borrowing: Evidence from contract- level data |
| November 1, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL308 |
Dowell Myers University of Southern California |
Re-timing the homeownership rise |
| November 15, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL100 |
Nathaniel Baum-Snow University of Toronto |
The microgeography of housing supply |
SPRING 2019 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| January 25, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL 101 |
Diego Puga CEMFI |
Calling From The Outside: The Role Of Networks in Residential Mobility |
| February 8, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL 215 |
Frank Nothaft CoreLogic |
Single-family Rental: Measuring Rent Growth and Return |
| February 15, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL 101 |
Richard Florida University of Toronto |
The Rise of Winner-Take-All Cities |
| February 22, 2019 10:30-12:00 pm RGL 100 |
Kathy O'Regan New York University |
Geographic Mobility and Parental Coresidence Among Young Adults |
| March 8, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Brian Asquith Upjohn Institute |
Do Rent Increases Reduce the Housing Supply Under Rent Control? Evidence from Evictions in San Francisco |
| March 15, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Jung Hyun Choi Urban Institute |
Gaining Access to Peer Effects: School Enrollment of the Disadvantaged And City Skill Levels |
| April 19, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL 101 |
Vernon Henderson The London School of Economics |
Colonial legacies: Shaping African cities |
SPRING 2017 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2017 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Elisabeth Perlman United States Census Bureau |
Dense Enough To Be Brilliant: Patents, Urbanization, and Transportation in Nineteenth Century America |
| February 17, 2017 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Xudong An Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
Sustainable Development and Commercial Real Estate Financing |
| March 3, 2017 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Thomas Davidoff University of British Columbia |
Housing Appreciation and Marginal Land Supply in Monocentric Cities with Topography |
| March 10, 2017 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Crocker Liu Cornell University |
Using Cash Flow Dynamics to Price Thinly Traded Assets |
| March 24, 2017 11:30am-1:00pm RGL 101 |
Jefferey Sellers University of Southern California |
The Emerging Face of Suburban India: The Geography of Housing Markets |
| April 14, 2017 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Alvin Murphy Arizona State University |
A Dynamic Model of Housing Supply |
| April 21, 2017 11:30am-1:00pm RGL 103 |
Jung Hyun Choi University of Southern California |
Wage Trickle Down vs. Rent Trickle Down: How does increase in college graduates affect wages and rents? |
| May 11, 2017 12:00pm-1:30pm Room TBA |
Vincent Yao Georgia State University |
Cognitive Reference Points, the Left-Digit Effect, and Clustering in Housing Markets |
FALL 2016 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 100 |
Rodney Ramcharan University of Southern California |
Financial Volatility and Household Consumption |
| September 30, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 100 |
Isaac Hacamo Indiana University |
The Babies of Financial Deregulation |
| October 7, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 100 |
Rogier Holtermans University of Southern California |
Environmental Performance and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Commercial Mortgages and U.S. REIT Bonds |
| October 14, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 100 |
Hyojung Lee University of Southern California |
Estimating the Long-Term Effects of Huricane Katrina |
| October 21, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Victor Couture University of California, Berkeley |
Urban Revival in America, 2000 to 2010 |
| November 11, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Emma Aguila University of Southern California |
The Effects of Income Supplemental Programs on Living Arrangements and Family Transfers of Older Adults in Mexico |
| November 18, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 103 |
Edward Kung University of California, Los Angeles |
The Effect of Mortgage Credit Availability on House Prices and Construction: Evidence from a Frontier Estimation Approach |