The Political Economy of Housing

USC Price School of Public Policy
Friday, February 23, 2024
308 Lewis Hall 

Light breakfast: 8:15 to 9:00 am

Paper 1: 9:00-9:50 am
How Affordable Housing Can Exclude: The Political Economy of Subsidized Housing 
Katherine Levine Einstein (Boston University) and Maxwell Palmer (Boston University) 
Discussant: Lizhong Liu (USC Price)

Paper 2: 9:50-10:40 am
Understanding Opposition to Apartment Buildings 
Martin Vinæs Larsen (Aarhus University) and Niels Nyholt (Aarhus University)
Discussant: Christian Redfearn (USC Price)

Break: 10:40-10:55 am

Paper 3: 10:55-11:45 am
Liability for Homelessness
David Foster (LSE) and Joseph Warren (University of Alaska, Anchorage)
Discussant: Odilon Câmara (USC Marshall)

Lunch (industry panel): 11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Paper 4: 1:15-2:05 pm
Folk Economics and the Persistence of Political Opposition to New Housing 
Christopher Elmendorf (UC-Davis), Clayton Nall (UCSB), and Stan Oklobdzija (Tulane University)
Discussant: Christian Grose (USC POIR & Price)

Paper 5: 2:05-2:55 pm
The Limits of Market-Rate Housing Supply Policy: The Role of Investors and Housing Homogeneity 
Sofia Borushkina (Politecnico di Milano) and Aleksei Kiselev (European University Institute)
Discussant: Marco Giacoletti (USC Marshall)

Break: 2:55-3:10 pm

Paper 6: 3:10-4:00 pm
Local Interest Group Participation in the Housing Entitlement Process
Michael Hankinson (George Washington University), Asya Magazinnik (Hertie School), and Anna Weissman (UC-Berkeley)
Discussant: Andrii Parkhomenko (USC Marshall)

Paper 7: 4:00-4:50 pm
The Public Meeting Paradox: How NIMBY-Dominated Public Meetings Can Enable New Housing 
Allison K. Cuttner (Emory University), Ryan Hübert (UC-Davis), and B. Pablo Montagnes (Emory University)
Discussant: Richard Green (USC Price & Marshall)

Dinner: 6:30 or 7:00 pm