Housing Affordability in Israel: New Applied Evidence
Alrov Institute of Real Estate Research, Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University and Bank of Israel, Research Department
Monday, June 4th, 2018 | Coller School of management| Tel Aviv University
Monday, June 4, 2018
8:30 A.M. Continental Breakfast
9:00 A.M. Welcoming Remarks
Moshe Zviran, Dean of the Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv Uiversity
9:15 A.M. Session One
Chair: TBD
The Effect of LTV-based Risk Weights on House Prices: Evidence from an Israeli Macroprudential Policy, Nitzan Tzur-Ilan, Research Department, Bank of Israel
Can’t Get There From Here: Affordability Distance to a Superstar City, Stuart Gabriel, UCLA
Did the FHA’s Cut in Its Mortgage Insurance Premium Help First-Time Buyers?, Stephen Oliner, AEI; UCLA Ziman Center
10:45 A.M. Coffee Break
11:15 AM. Session Two
Chair: Miki Kahan (Bank of Israel, Research Department)
Housing Affordability and Inequality: A Consumption-Adjusted Approach, Danny Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv University
Restrictions on Foreign Investment in Residential Real Estate: The Effect of Foreign Buyer’s Taxes, Tsur Somerville, UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, University of British Columbia.
Recovery Rates in the Israeli Corporate Bond Market with a perspective of the Construction Sector, Ana Sasi-Brodesky, Research Department, Bank of Israel
12:45 P.M. Lunch
1:45 P.M. Keynote Presentation
Government Policy on Housing (TBD)
2:45 P.M. Panel: Housing Affordability: Trends and Solutions
Moderator: Michel Strawczynski, Head of the Research Department, Bank of Israel
Participants:
Manuel Trachtenberg, Former Member of the Knesset, Tel Aviv University
Yoel Nave, Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance
Sigi Eitan, General Manager of Property & Building Corp.
Zvi Eckstein, Interdisciplinary Center, Hertzlia.
Stuart Gabriel, UCLA
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