Publications
"Coresidence: How Parental Characteristics Matter" with Arthur Acolin (University of Washington) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), Real Estate Economics, Vol 54 (3), 701–727, 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; Joint Center for Housing Studies (Harvard University)
"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]
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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 Scholar 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 Daily Pennsylvanian; Richmond Fed; CNN
"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; Rooted in Research: Greening Cities for Health, Safety, and Well-Being (Penn IUR Event); PhillyVoice; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS); Advancing Urban Transformation: Penn IUR 22-23 Annual Report; Penn IUR Faculty Spotlight
"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
Policy Reports
"Vacant Lot Greening as a Long-Term Investment in Legacy Cities? Evidence from the LandCare Program in Philadelphia", Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, April 2026. [SSRN]
Work in Progress
"Young Adult Coresidence and Inter Vivos Transfers", with Arthur Acolin, Kwan Ok Lee and Susan Wachter
"Rental Market Conditions and Housing Choice: Evidence from Near-Campus Housing Markets", with HanNa Lim
"Risk Recast in Housing Markets: Evidence from an Appraisal Reform"
Working Papers
"Land Interventions and Urban Vitality: Evidence from Neighborhood Traffic", with Shane Jensen (University of Pennsylvania) and Susan Wachter (University of Pennsylvania), 2026. [SSRN]
"Beyond Proximity in the 15-Minute City: A Behavioral Framework for Local Access, Urban Centers, and Spatial Equity", with Betty Wang (University of Hong Kong) and Kwan Ok Lee (National University of Singapore), 2026. [SSRN]
"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.