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Susan M. Wachter is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a total of 38 publications in these areas. Within these fields, their work specifically spans Economics and Econometrics, Finance, and Accounting, among other subfields.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Insurance and Financial Risk Management
  • Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

Several recent papers reflect the breadth of their work:

  • "Flood Risk and the U.S. Housing Market," 2020, Journal of Housing Research
  • "Climate Risk in Mortgage Markets: Evidence from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma," 2024, Real Estate Economics
  • "The Mortgage Market as a Stimulus Channel in the COVID-19 Crisis," 2021, Housing Policy Debate
  • "The Price Effects of Greening Vacant Lots: How Neighborhood Attributes Matter," 2022, Real Estate Economics
  • "Adverse Selection and Climate Risk: A Response to Ouazad and Khan (2021)," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors whom Wachter has collaborated with include:

  • Adam J. Levitin
  • Andrey D. Pavlov
  • Michael LaCour-Little
  • Desen Lin
  • Pedro Gete

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, with notable frequencies in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Real Estate Economics
  • Housing Policy Debate
  • Journal of Housing Research
  • Journal of Housing Economics

In addition to articles, they have published books, including a title from Harvard University Press:

  • The Great American Housing Bubble, 2020

Best Publications

  • Borrowing Constraints and the Tenure Choice of Young Households

    Donald Haurin;Patric Hendershott;Susan Wachter

  • The American Mortgage in Historical and International Context

    Richard K. Green;Susan M. Wachter

  • The Impacts of Borrowing Constraints on Homeownership

    Peter D. Linneman;Susan M. Wachter

  • Real estate booms and banking busts : an international perspective

    Richard Herring;Susan M. Wachter

  • The Effects of Land-Use Constraints on Housing Prices

    Henry O. Pollakowski;Susan M. Wachter

  • The Role of Speculation in Real Estate Cycles

    Stephen Malpezzi;Susan M. Wachter

  • Explaining the Housing Bubble

    Adam Levitin;Susan Wachter

  • On Choosing Among House Price Index Methodologies

    Bradford Case;Henry O. Pollakowski;Susan M. Wachter

  • Wealth Accumulation and Housing Choices of Young Households: An Exploratory Investigation

    Donald Haurin;Susan Wachter;Patric Hendershott

  • Immigration and the Neighborhood

    Albert Saiz;Susan M Wachter

  • The Neighborhood Distribution of Subprime Mortgage Lending

    Paul S. Calem;Kevin Gillen;Susan Wachter

  • The Spatial Bias of Federal Housing Law and Policy: Concentrated Poverty in Urban America

    Michael H. Schill;Susan M. Wachter

  • Impacts of housing and mortgage market discrimination racial and ethnic disparities in homeownership

    Susan M. Wachter;Isaac F. Megbolugbe

  • Analyzing the Relationships among Race, Wealth, and Home Ownership in America

    Joseph Gyourko;Peter Linneman;Susan Wachter

  • Does Credit Quality Matter for Homeownership

    Irina Barakova;Raphael Bostic;Paul Calem;Susan Wachter

  • Bubbles in Real Estate Markets 1

    Richard Herring;Susan Wachter

  • The Differential Impacts of Federally Assisted Housing Programs on Nearby Property Values: A Philadelphia Case Study

    Chang‐Moo Lee;Dennis P. Culhane;Susan M. Wachter

  • The Housing Finance Revolution

    Richard K. Green;Susan M. Wachter

  • Anisotropic Autocorrelation in House Prices

    Kevin Gillen;Thomas Thibodeau;Susan Wachter

  • Neighborhood patterns of subprime lending: Evidence from disparate cities

    Paul S. Calem;Jonathan E. Hershaff;Susan M. Wachter

  • The Effects of Land-Use Constraints on Housing Prices

    Susan M. Wachter

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul S. Calem
Paul S. Calem Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
William N. Goetzmann
William N. Goetzmann Yale University
Patric H. Hendershott
Patric H. Hendershott The Ohio State University
Donald R. Haurin
Donald R. Haurin The Ohio State University
Davide Furceri
Davide Furceri International Monetary Fund
Stephen L. Ross
Stephen L. Ross University of Connecticut
Eduardo S. Schwartz
Eduardo S. Schwartz Simon Fraser University
Matthew I. Spiegel
Matthew I. Spiegel Yale University
Yongheng Deng
Yongheng Deng University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dennis P. Culhane
Dennis P. Culhane University of Pennsylvania

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