The Sixth Alrov Symposium on: New Research in Real Estate, Regional, and Urban Economics

The Sixth Alrov Symposium on New Research in Real Estate, Regional, and Urban Economics

 February 21 2024, 9:00–14:30, Recanati Building (Room 430), Tel Aviv University Campus

9:00-9:30         Registration and Coffee

9:30-11:00  Session 1

Local Real Estate Investors and Rent-Price Dispersion

 Peleg Samuels, Harvard University

Urban Amenities, Work from Home, and the Changing Real Estate Landscape

 Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Interaction between Macroprudential and Monetary Policies and the Housing Market – A VAR Examination for Israel

Sigal Ribon, Bank of Israel

11:00-11:15    Coffee Break

11:15-12:15    Session 2

Disparities in Coping with Climate Change in the Urban Space: Availability of Tree Canopies Across Socio-Demographic and Political Groups

Danny Ben-Shahar, Tel Aviv University (with Dana Nayer)

Attractiveness, Gender, and Realtor Performance

Tsur Somerville, University of British Columbia (with Long Wang, Amy Xu, and Zoe Yang)

12:15-12:30    Coffee Break

12:30- 13:30   Session 3

Professional Appraisal of Real Estate Assets: Do Appraised Values of Residential Housing Units Obey the Law of Regression Toward the Mean?

Rachel Shalom-Gilo, Tel Aviv University (with Yuval Arbel and Haim Masilaty)

Who is driving the fundamental law of road congestion?

Gal Amedi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bank of Israel