Publications
"Coresidence: How Parental Characteristics Matter" with Arthur Acolin (University of Washington) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), Real Estate Economics, 2026. [SSRN]
Online Appendix, (The paper was previously circulated under the title “Housing Affordability: Marriage-Childbearing and Coresidence Outcomes for Young Adults”)
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Presentations: Workshop on Changing Demographics and Housing Demand, Philadelphia, 2024; Housing & Demographic Dynamics Workshop, Singapore, 2025; AREUEA International Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 2025.
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Media Coverage: Heritage Foundation
"From Vacancy to Verdancy? The Impact of Land Options on the Timing of Vacant Lot Investment", Real Estate Economics, Vol 52 (5), 1263–1307, 2024. [SSRN]
Research Summary, Online Appendix
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Presentations: ARES Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2024; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2024; AREUEA National Meeting, Washington D.C., 2024.
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Honors: Lincoln Institute Scholar, 2024; AREUEA Junior Scholars Program, 2024, Best Manuscript Award of Real Estate Investment, American Real Estate Society, 2024
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Media Coverage: CSUF Titan Spotlight; CSUF Business News
"Why Do Young Adults Coreside with Their Parents?", with Arthur Acolin (University of Washington) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), Real Estate Economics, Vol 52 (1), 7-44, 2024. [SSRN]
Research Summary, Online Appendix
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Presentations: FHFA ECON Summit on Housing Market Challenges, Washington D.C., 2023; ASSA-AREUEA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2024.
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Media Coverage: CBS News (clip on YouTube); CSUF Business News; CSUF Titan Spotlight; CSUF News Release; Orange County Register (Online Edition); La Opinion (Spanish); Fullerton Observer; Fair Observer; YR Media; Marketplace; CNBC; Knowledge at Wharton
"The Price Effects of Greening Vacant Lots: How Neighborhood Attributes Matter", with Shane Jensen (University of Pennsylvania) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), Real Estate Economics, Vol 51 (3), 573–610, 2023. [SSRN]
Research Summary, Spatial Distribution of Greened Lots, Online Appendix
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Presentations: CSUF Finance Brownbag Seminar, 2022; ASSA-AREUEA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2023.
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Media Coverage: Analytics at Wharton; Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR); PhillyVoice; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS); Advancing Urban Transformation: Penn IUR 22-23 Annual Report
"Mortgage Risk Premiums during the Housing Bubble", with Adam Levitin (Georgetown University) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol 60 (4), 2020. [SSRN]
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Presentations: AREUEA National Meeting, Washington D.C., 2018.
"Endowments and Minority Homeownership", with Arthur Acolin (University of Washington) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), Cityscape, Vol 21 (1), 2019. [SSRN]
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Presentations: Urban Institute Data Talk, Washington D.C., 2019; ASSA-AREUEA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2020.
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Media Coverage: Urban Institute; Housing Matters
Work in Progress
"Vacant Lot Greening and Business Vibrancy: Evidence from Philadelphia", with Shane Jensen and Susan Wachter
"Amenity Choice Dynamics and Availability-Attractiveness Trade-offs for NYC's N-Minute City", with Betty Wang and Kwan Ok Lee
"Young Adult Coresidence and Inter Vivos Transfers", with Arthur Acolin, Kwan Ok Lee and Susan Wachter
"Affordability and Housing Choices Near Campus", with HanNa Lim
Working Papers
"Housing Search and Rental Market Intermediation" (Dissertation), 2020. [SSRN]
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Presentations: ARES Annual Meeting (virtual), 2021; North America Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society (virtual), 2021.
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Honors: Homer Hoyt Doctoral Dissertation Award, AREUEA, 2021; Best Manuscript Award of Real Estate Brokerage, American Real Estate Society, 2021
"REIT Capital Structure Choices: When Does Preparation Matter?" with Andrey Pavlov (Simon Fraser University), Eva Steiner (Pennsylvania State University) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), 2021. [SSRN]
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Presentations: ASSA-AREUEA Annual Meeting (virtual), 2022.
"Land Use Regulation, Regulatory Spillover and Housing Prices" with Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), 2020 [SSRN]
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Presentations: Annual PhD Conference on Real Estate and Housing, OSU, 2019; AREUEA National Meeting, Washington D.C., 2019; ESCP-TAU-UCLA Conference on Low-Income Housing Supply and Housing Affordability, Madrid, Spain, 2019; Urban Economic Association (UEA), Philadelphia, PA, 2019; AEA-ASSA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2020; ARES Annual Meeting, Fort Mayers, FL (cancelled due to Covid-19).
"Housing Boom, Mortgage Default and Agency Friction", 2018. [SSRN]
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Presentations: Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, Nashville, TN, 2018; 13th Annual Economics Graduate Students Conference, WUSTL, 2018; Penn Macro Lunch, Penn, 2018; ASSA-AREUEA Doctoral Session, Atlanta, GA, 2019.
Pre-Doctoral
“A Literature Review of Career Concerns: Theories and Empirics”, 2015
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Presentations: UC Santa Barbara Labor Economics Workshop.