Moussa Diop

Biography

Dr. Diop most recently held the position of Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was also a Visiting Scholar, Consumer Finance Institute at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and formerly the Vice President, Corporate banking for HSBC Bank.

Dr. Diop’s primary research focus is on the effects of regulations and real estate rental market outcomes and mortgage securitization, particularly the mortgage servicing industry. He has also examined the effects of corporate real estate ownership and market structure on firm risk and returns. He’s published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, the Journal of Urban Economics, Economic Development Quarterly and Real Estate Economics, where he currently serves on the editorial board.

Dr. Diop received the Edwin S. Mills Real Estate Economics 2018 Best Paper Award, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, and the 2016 Outstanding Referee Award from Real Estate Economics. He was also the Homer Hoyt Institute Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics 2016 Postdoctoral Honoree.

In addition to his Ph.D., Dr. Diop earned an M.A. in economics from the Storrs School at the University of Connecticut, an MBA in finance from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from INSA-Lyon, France.

Selected Publications

• Ambrose, B. W., Conklin, J. N., Coulson, N. E., Diop , M., & Lopez, l. A. (2025). Do appraiser and borrower race affect mortgage collateral valuation? Review of Finance, rfaf046, https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfaf046
• Conklin, J. N., Edward Coulson, N., Diop, M., & Mota, N. (2023). An Alternative Approach to Estimating Foreclosure and Short Sale Discounts. Journal of Urban Economics, 134, 103546. 
• Conklin, J. M., Coulson, N. E., & Diop, M. (2022). Distressed Comps. Real Estate Economics, 51(1), 170-195.