Mark Andrew, City University of London
Mark Andrew has a Phd in Economics and Land Management from the University of Reading, England. Mark was a lecturer at Reading until 2007 when he moved to the Finance Faculty at Cass Business School. His research examines various aspects of the housing market in the UK. In particular, Mark recently completed an ESRC sponsored project explaining the fall in homeownership rates among the young. Currently, Mark is part of a team involved in Affordability Modelling for the CLG. He has published in various journals including Real Estate Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics and Housing Economics.

Kristof Dascher, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Economics Education at
Heidelberg University (1987-88)
Université Paris-Dauphine (1989-90)
Bonn University (1989, 1990-93).

Diplom from Bonn University (1993).

Doctorate (1998) and "Habilitation" (2005) from the University of Frankfurt (Oder).

Lecturer at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) since 1993.

Antonia Díaz, University Carlos III Madrid
Antonia Diaz works for the Department of Economics at the University Carlos III Madrid. Among her her works are the following: ”The Wealth Distribution with durable Goods”, “On the User Cost and Home ownership” and “Term and Equity Premium in Economies with Habit Formation”.

Franz Fürst, University of Reading
Franz Fuerst is Lecturer in Real Estate Economics and Finance. Previous academic posts include Research Associate at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin. He has also been a Research Fellow at IRPUD in Dortmund and a Visiting Scholar at York University in Toronto. Prior to joining the Department, he worked as Senior Consultant at Atisreal/BNP Paribas where he was responsible for market research/forecasting as well as valuations and due diligence projects for large-scale portfolio transactions. His research interests are in real estate economics, commercial real estate markets and spatial urban and regional development.

Florence Goffette-Nagot, GATE, CNRS-University of Lyon
Research Associate in economics at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and is affiliated with the GATE (Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique) research institute, at the University of Lyon 2 and Ecole Normale Supérieure LSH.

Her main research interests deal with various aspects of urban economics and economic geography. She has investigated issues such as spatial patterns of land prices, determinants of urban sprawl and migrations to suburban areas, as well as the effect of residential location on individual outcomes on the labor market.

She has published papers in the Journal of Regional Science, Environment and Planning, and Economic of Cities (Cambridge University Press).

Robert J. Hill, University Graz
Employment Record
Department of Economics, University of Graz Professor of Macroeconomics (Since January 2008)
School of Economics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Professor (August 2005 – December 2007)
Associate Professor (January 2002 - July 2005)
Senior Lecturer (July 1998 - December 2001)
Lecturer (July 1995 - June 1998)
Qualifications
Ph.D. (1995), (Economics), University of British Columbia, Canada Title of Ph.D. Dissertation: Purchasing Power Parity Methods of Making International Comparisons Ph.D. Supervisor: Professor Erwin Diewert
M.A. (1991), (Economics), University of British Columbia, Canada
Main Research Fields
1. Index number theory
2. Comparisons of living standards across countries
3. Inflation measurement
4. Stock market indices
5. The design of performance benchmarks for mutual and pension funds
6. Hedonic regression methods particularly with application to housing
7. Environmental and national accounting

S. Ping Ho, National Taiwan University
Ho’s major research goals are to develop models, theories, and practical implications to serve as foundations for corporate governance in construction and the administration of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). He is also interested in exploring new insights and empirical evidences that may explain certain significant anomalies in economy and financial markets, such as economic bubbles and equity premium puzzles, which might be better understood through the housing consumption and investment. He considers himself an economic scientist in engineering management and financial markets, who enjoys thesearch for more insightful and rigorous explanations of the concerned managerial issues. Ho’s work develops the theoretical foundations for several important administration issues in construction, such as financial renegotiation and administration policy of PPPs, bid compensation strategy, and knowledge sharing and incentives design.

Christian Hott, Swiss National Bank
Christian Hott is an Economist in the Financial Stability Group at the Swiss National Bank (SNB). Before joining the SNB in 2004 he worked as a self employed Economic Consultant, as a Lecturer at the University of Sofia (Bulgaria), and as a Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Economics at the Technical University of Dresden (Germany). He also conducted different projects with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich (Germany). Christian Hott holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Technical University of Dresden (Germany) and a Master degree in Economics from the University of Konstanz (Germany).

Deniz Igan, IMF Research Department
Deniz Igan is an economist in the Financial Studies Division in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. Previously she worked in the European Department. Her research interests include banking, international finance, corporate finance, and international trade.

Leonardo Morales-Arias, University of Kiel
João Leonardo Morales-Arias is currently a Research Associate at the Chair of Monetary Economics and International Finance at the University of Kiel, Germany. His main research interests are empirical asset pricing and applied econometrics. In particular, his current research deals with the examination of the relationship between international asset prices and macroeconomic forces, forecasting international volatility with long-memory models, monetary policy and international asset prices. He is Colombian and he has lived, worked and studied in 8 different countries.

David Downs, Virginia Commonwealth University
David H. Downs is the Alfred L. Blake Chair and Professor in the Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Downs joined VCU in 2003 as the head of the real estate program, which includes the longstanding Virginia Real Estate Center. Dr. Downs serves on the editorial boards for Real Estate Economics and the Journal of Real Estate Research. His research interests include institutional real estate investment, finance and information economics. His publications appear in Real Estate Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management and the Journal of Risk and Insurance. Dr. Downs has received several funding awards from the Real Estate Research Institute (RERI). He is a Fellow of the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics at the Homer Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute. He serves on the Board of Directors for the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA). Dr. Downs holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, an M.B.A. from George Washington University and a B.S. in Chemistry from James Madison University.

Joao Ejarque, University of Essex
João Ejarque joined the department of economics of the university of essex in January 2005. He studied Macroeconomics at Boston University and currently works on dynamic labor demand, consumption and housing, and on firm level investment and credit constraints. Earlier work focused on RBC models, credit constraints, and the Great Depression.

Martin Gervais, University of Southhampton
Assistant Professor Martin Gervais graduated from the Université Laval with a B.A. in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration and from the University of Western Onatario with a M.A. in Economics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Western Ontario with the dissertation titled “Housing and Optimal Taxation in Life-Cycle Economies”. Before and during joining the University of Western Ontario in July 2002, he held positions at various institutions such as at the University of Southampton, Queen's University, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He has received research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for the projects “Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of Consumption Smoothing", “Risk Sharing: Theory and Evidence" and “The Role of Education Policy for the Accumulation of Human Capital in the Presence of Borrowing Constraints

Harry Haupt, Universität Bielefeld
In 2007, Harry Haupt was appointed full professor of Econometrics and Statistics at Bielefeld University. He earned a doctoral degree in 2002 at the University of Regensburg, where he also obtained the University Award for his Habilitation in Econometrics and Statistics in 2006.

Parallel to his university career Harry Haupt has several years of working experience as a senior researcher and managing partner in the statistical consulting industry. His research interests include classical econometric theory, semi- and nonparametric regression such as quantile, nonlinear, and smoothing regression, as well as real life applications.

He teaches courses in all areas and on all levels in the fields of Econometrics and Statistics.

Gabriel Lee, IRE|BS, University of Regensburg
Professor Gabriel S. Lee studied mathematics and economics at the University of Alberta (B.Sc.) and economics at the University of Western Onatario (M.A. Economics). He then obtained his Ph.D. (Economics) at the University of Chicago with the dissertation titled "Housing Investment under Time to Build and Adjustment Costs”. Before joining the University of Regensburg, he held positions at various institutions such as at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of California, Davis, the University of Vienna and Innsbruck, and at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna. Since April 2004, he holds the chair professorship for real estate economics at the University of Regensburg. Professor Lee's main research focuses on real estate topics in the context of macroeconomics.

Stephen Lee, City University of London
Mr Stephen Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Real Estate Finance at the Cass Business School, City University, London, England.

Stephen has been an active researcher and lecturer for over 30 years with a special interest in the application of modern portfolio theory (MPT) to real estate investment and as published over 40 papers in refereed journals and presented numerous conference papers in Europe, the USA and Asia, on this and other subjects.

Stephen has also received a number of prizes for his work at the American Real Estate Society (ARES) and the European Real Estate Society (ERES).

Marcel Marekwica, Universität Regensburg
January 2008: PhD in Finance, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
September 2004: Diplomas in Economics (roughly equivalent to M.Sc. in Economics), University Hagen, Germany; and Bioinformatics (roughly equivalent to M.Sc. in Bioinformatics), Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
October 2002: Diploma in Business Management (roughly equivalent to M.Sc. in Business Management), University Hagen, Germany
December 1979: Born in Frankfurt, Germany

Research Areas
Asset Allocation, Portfolio Choice, Taxation, Pension Finance, Real Estate Finance

Academic Awards and Honors
Best Paper Award, Southwestern Finance Association, 2008 for ”Are Bonds Desirable in Tax-Deferred Accounts?”
Naumann Dissertation Fellowship, 2005-2007
Naumann Undergraduate Fellowship, 2001-2004

Jan Mutl, Universität Frankfurt
Fields of Specialization:
Primary: Theoretical Econometrics (Spatial Econometrics, Dynamic Panels, VARs)
Secondary: Applied Econometrics, International Finance, Macroeconomics
Academic Qualifications:
Habilitation in Economics, expected 2008, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Chair: Michael Binder
Ph.D. in Economics, 2006, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. Thesis: "Dynamic Panel Data Models with Spatially Correlated Innovations" Main Supervisor: Ingmar Prucha

Jamsheed Shorish, IHS Wien
Jamsheed Shorish (Department of Economics and Finance, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna) received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University in 1997. He spent three years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Aarhus, Denmark before moving to Vienna and the Institute for Advanced Studies in 2000. His research foci include general equilibrium theory and asset pricing, as well as computational economics and the theory and application of distributed systems to economics.

Chris Waller, University of Notre Dame
Christopher J. Waller came to Notre Dame as the Gilbert F. Schaefer Chair in Economics. His research interests include monetary theory, the political economy of central banking, bargaining theory, and international banking integration.
Previously, Waller held the Carol Martin Gatton Chair in Macroeconomics and Monetary Theory at the University of Kentucky. He also taught for many years at Indiana University-Bloomington and served as a visiting professor at Washington University, the University of Mannheim, the University of Bonn, the National University of Ukraine-Kiev, and the University of Canterbury. He has served as a Visiting Scholar at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis, Cleveland and Minneapolis. He received his bachelor’s degree from Bemidji State University and his doctorate from Washington State University.
In addition to publishing his research in top economics journals, he serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, the European Economic Review and the Journal of Macroeconomics. He is the co-author of Regional Aspects of Monetary Union.

Peter Westerheide, ZEW, Mannheim
Dr. Peter Westerheide studied economics at Witten/Herdecke University. Following his graduation in 1994 he became a research fellow at the Centre for European Economic Research, research department "International Finance and Financial Management". From September 1995 until the end of 1998 he was research fellow at the Institute for Spatial and Housing Economics of the University of Mnster. There he received his doctoral degree in 1998 with a thesis on the objectives and results of saving incentives within the framework of the social market economy. As of 1999 Dr. Westerheide returned as research fellow to the Centre for European Economic Research and the "International Finance and Financial Management" department, since 2001 in the function of a senior researcher and vice head of the department. His main fields of research currently address the areas of private old age pension funding, saving behaviour, real estate markets and real estate finance as well as corporate finance .