Robert E. Wangard Endowed Chair in Real Estate
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
5259 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1323
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Email: fom at bus.wisc.edu
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Other affiliations
- Affiliated Professor, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
- Research Fellow, Toulouse School of Economics
- Research Fellow, CESIfo
- Member Academic Circle, AFIRE, lead investigator for the Annual Member Survey
- Member of the Conseil Economique du Dévelopement Durable, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Dévelopement Durable et de l'Aménagement du Territoire, French Government.
Selected Academic Publications
- “The Relative Performance of Real Estate Marketing Platforms: MLS versus FSBOMadison.com.” with Igal Hendel and Aviv Nevo, American Economic Review, forthcoming. Featured on the front page of the New York Times [Link]
- “Heterogeneity within Communities: A Stochastic Model with Tenure Choice” with Sven Rady, Journal of Urban Economics, 64:1–17, July 2008, lead article.
- “Housing Market Dynamics: On the Contribution of Income Shocks and Credit Constraints,” with Sven Rady, The Review of Economic Studies, 73:459-485, April 2006.
Selected Policy Publications
- “Immobilier: libérons la mobilité!,” Les Echos, 21 May 2008. [Download]
- “What’s Really Happening in Housing Markets?” with Morris A. Davis and Peter Rupert, Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, July 2007. [Download]
- Politique Agricole: un Modèle Européen, with Louis-Pascal Mahé, Presses
de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Po, Collection Académique, Paris,
France, 2001.
Book review in English (European Review of Agricultural Economics)
Japanese translation published Spring 2003
Selected Presentations to Real Estate Audiences
- Keynote Wrap-Up session, MIPIM, Cannes, March 2009, shared with Janice Stanton [Link coming soon]
- “AFIRE Investor Survey: What a Difference a Year Makes,” New York, February 2009 [More here]
- “Le Logement en France: Une Autre Analyse des Problèmes et des Solutions,” Les Matinées Prospectives de l'IEIF, Paris, 22 Janvier 2009.[Link]
Member of the Editorial Board
- Journal of Urban Economics
- Journal of Housing Economics