The Ziman Center Research SeminarA chief component of the Ziman Center’s mission is to support, fund, and disseminate real estate related research. The Ziman Center Research Seminar, which includes presentations by both UCLA and non-UCLA faculty, supports the research activities of the Center by bringing leading scholars to UCLA. Professors Mark Garmaise and Matt Kahn are leading the seminars during the 2007-2008 academic year.
For more information on the Ziman Research Seminars, please contact Steve Cauley At (310) 825-3203 or at scauley@anderson.ucla.edu.
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
2007- 2008 Research Seminar Series
Friday, October 12, 2007
11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Gold Hall – Room B301, UCLA Anderson
Edward Leamer (UCLA): “Housing Is the Business Cycle”
(joint with the Finance Seminar)
Friday, November 16, 2007
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Cornell Hall – Room D301, UCLA Anderson
Nancy Wallace (UC Berkeley): "Volatility, Mortgage Default, and CMBS Subordination" (PDF)
Friday, November 30, 2007
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Gold Hall – Room B313, UCLA Anderson
Yongheng Deng (USC): “Optimal Pricing Strategy with Price
Dispersion: New Evidence from the Tokyo Housing Market”
Friday, February 22, 2008
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Cornell Hall – Room D301, UCLA Anderson
Leah Boustan (UCLA): "Escape From the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization"
Friday, March 14, 2008
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Entrepreneurs Hall – Room C315, UCLA Anderson
Stuart Rosenthal (Syracuse): "Female Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration, and a New Spatial Mismatch"
Friday, April 4, 2008
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Cornell Hall – Room D301, UCLA Anderson
Nathaniel Baum-Snow (Brown): “School Desegregation, School Choice, and Urban Population Decentralization”
Friday, May 2, 2008
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Gold Hall – Room B313, UCLA Anderson
Marjorie Flavin (UCSD): "Owner-Occupied Housing:
Life-cycle Implications for the Household Portfolio"
Friday, May 23, 2008
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Gold Hall – Room B313, UCLA Anderson
Jay Hartzell (Texas): Topic – TBA
(Joint with the Finance Seminar)
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
2008- 2009 Research Seminar Series
Fall 2008
Time and Location TBA
Tom Davidoff (UC Berkeley):Topic - TBATime and Location TBA
John Quigley (UC Berkeley): Topic -TBA
