Presenting the NYU Urban Seminar Series

News & Events | January 21st 2015

The NYU Furman Center is proud to co-present the NYU Urban Seminar Series. Co-hosted by The Marron Institute, the Urbanization Project, the NYU Furman Center, and the Center for Real Estate Finance Research, the series is focused on research with implications for urban policy.

The seminars will take place through May 2015, and will feature a variety of researchers from across the U.S. discussing their work. Speakers include:

 

 

Edward Glaesar: House Price Dynamics

Tuesday, January 20th, 2015

Harvard Professor of Economics Ed Glaeser will be presenting his paper, "An Extrapolative Model of House Price Dynamics."

 

Richard Brooks: Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

Richard Brooks of the Columbia Law School will discuss research growing out of his latest book - Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms.

 

Jason Barr and Troy Tassier: The Dynamics of Subcenter Formation: Midtown Manhattan, 1861-1906

Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 

Jason Barr, Associate Professor at Rutgers University, and Troy Tassier, Associate Professor at Fordham University, will discuss the dynamics of subcenter formation in Midtown Manhattan from 1861 to 1906.

 

Philip Cook: Underground Gun Markets

Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 

Philip Cook, a Professor of Economics at Duke University, will be leading this discussion series on Underground Gun Markets.

 

Donald Davis: The Spatial and Social Frictions in the City

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 

Donald Davis, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, will discuss spatial and social frictions in the city.

 

Morris Davis

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 

Morris Davis, Academic Director of the Center for Real Estate Studies at Rutgers Business School, will be leading this discussion series on a topic to be determined.

 

Raven Molloy: Buy-to-Rent Investors in the Single Family Housing Market

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 

Raven Molloy, Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve System, will discuss buy-to-rent investors in the single family housing market.

 

Nina Boyarchenko

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

Nina Boyarchenko, Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank, will be leading this discussion series on a topic to be determined.
 

Brian Elbel

Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 

Brian Elbel, Associate Professor at the NYU School of Medicine and NYU Wagner, will be discussing some of his recent research.

 

Gilles Duranton

Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 

Gilles Duranton, Professor of Economics at The Wharton School, will be leading this discussion series on a topic to be determined. 

 

Marco Di Maggio

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 

Marco Di Maggio, Assistant Professor of Finance at the Columbia Business School, will be leading this discussion series on a topic to be determined.
 

Jessie Handbury

Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 

Jessie Handbury, Assistant Professor of Real Estate at The Wharton School, will be leading this discussion series on a topic to be determined. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, email furmancenter@nyu.edu

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