Showing posts with label Rays of Research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rays of Research. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2010

Rays of Research: Morris Davis

Last week, Morris A. Davis, associate professor of real estate and urban land economics at the Wisconsin School of Business, presented a summary of his ground-breaking research into the relationship between land and housing prices during the faculty seminar series: Rays of Research. As an often-cited expert on housing and its impact on the macro economy, his work on measuring and studying the determinants of land and housing prices is a particularly illuminating lens through which to look back at the housing crisis.


Click here to watch video of the presentation.


Rays of Research is an ongoing speaker series which presents the progress and innovations of the research done by Wisconsin School of Business faculty to other faculty members, staff, students and the community.

Other real estate faculty who have participated in this series include
Videos of these presentations are available through the links above.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

VIDEO: Experiments in boom and bust periods

Abdullah Yavas, professor of real estate and urban land economics at the Wisconsin School of Business, spoke today in Grainger Hall as part of the ongoing faculty seminar series Rays of Research. His presentation on Asset Characteristics and Boom & Bust Periods was streamed live online. The video is now available to watch on demand--just click here.

Professor Yavas' research interests include real estate brokerage, mortgage contracts, economics of information, and experimental economics. He has published over 50 articles in peer reviewed journals, and his research has also been cited in such popular media outlets as Money, Time, Business Week and Wall Street Journal.