The Lusk Center’s Real Estate Research Seminar Series is an opportunity for visiting scholars to present their work and participate in discussion 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@price.usc.edu or 213.740.0969.
FALL 2021 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
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October 1, 2021 |
Marco Giacoletti USC Marshall School of Buisness |
Using high-frequency evaluations to |
| October 29, 2021 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Emily Weisburst |
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 SDU Fowler College of Business |
The effect of mortgage securitization on |
| December 3, 2021 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Meisha Williams Morehouse College, USC Price |
Gender and Microcredit in Sub-Saharan |
SPRING 2020 |
| DATE AND TIME | SPEAKER | PRESENTATION TITLE |
|---|---|---|
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January 31, 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
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September 6, 2019 |
David Ling University of Florida |
There's no place like home: Information
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| September 13, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL308 |
Leah Brooks George Washington University |
Infrastructure costs
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| October 4, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL100 |
Adam Storeygard Tufts University |
Mobility and congestion in urban |
| 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 |
Calling From The Outside: The Role Of
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| February 8, 2019 12:00-1:30pm RGL 215 |
Frank Nothaft CoreLogic |
Single-family Rental: Measuring Rent Growth and Return
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| 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 |
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,
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| February 17, 2017 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Xudong An Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
Sustainable Development and Commercial Real Estate Financing
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| March 3, 2017 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Thomas Davidoff University of British Columbia |
Housing Appreciation and Marginal Land Supply |
| 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
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| April 21, 2017 11:30am-1:00pm RGL 103 |
Jung Hyun Choi University of Southern California |
Wage Trickle Down vs. Rent Trickle Down: |
| 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
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| September 30, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 100 |
Isaac Hacamo Indiana University |
The Babies of Financial Deregulation
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| October 7, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 100 |
Rogier Holtermans University of Southern California |
Environmental Performance and the Cost |
| 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
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| November 11, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 308 |
Emma Aguila University of Southern California |
The Effects of Income Supplemental Programs on |
| November 18, 2016 12:00-1:30pm RGL 103 |
Edward Kung University of California, Los Angeles |
The Effect of Mortgage Credit Availability on House |