New Research in Urban, Regional and Real Estate Economics
Alrov Institute for Real Estate Research
Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University
Workshop:
New Research in Urban, Regional, and Real Estate Economics
December 9, 2018, 8:30-16:00, Recanati Building (Room 430)
8:30-8:50 – Registration and Coffee
8:50-9:00 – Welcoming Remarks
9:00-10:30 Session 1
Using Purchase Restrictions to Cool Housing Markets: A Within-Market Analysis
Tsur Somerville, University of British Columbia, Long Wang, ShanghaiTech University, and Yang Yang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Multi-Unit Housing Production Under Regulation
David Genesove, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Daniel Levy, Bar Ilan University, and Avichai Snir, Netanya Academic College
Homeownership and Neighborhood Quality
Tamar Ramot-Nyska, Bank of Israel and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Naomi Hausman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Noam Zussman, Bank of Israel
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 2
Improved Information Shock and Price Dispersion: A Natural Experiment in the Housing Market
Danny Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv University, Roni Golan, Tel Aviv University
The Impacts of Road Infrastructure Investment on Real Estate Markets: The Joint Effects of Highways 6, 431 and 531
Michael Beenstock, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Daniel Felsenstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tipping Points and the Local Housing Market: Dynamics of Segregation and Integration in Jerusalem
Adi Finkelstein, Bank of Israel
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Session 3
The Contribution of Foreign Migration to Local Labor Market Adjustment
Michael Amior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Effect of LTV-Based Risk Weights on House Prices: Evidence from an Israeli Macroprudential Policy
Nitzan Tzur-Ilan, Bank of Israel and Steven Laufer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
A Structural VAR Model for Estimating the Link between Monetary Policy and Home Prices in Israel
Dana Ofraig, Bank of Israe