Real Estate Department
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania

1400 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6302

215.898.9687 (Phone)
215.573.2220 (Fax)
realestate@wharton.upenn.edu

Fall 2009

 

The Wharton Real Estate Department sponsors an annual seminar series, (spring and fall semesters only) to present research undertaken by department faculty and outside colleagues. Please join us for compelling conversation and dynamic discussions over a light lunch.

 

All seminars are held from 12:00 noon until 1:20 pm. To guarantee yourself a lunch, (unless otherwise noted), please RSVP to the Assistant to the Chair, Yezta Johnson, one week before the seminar.

 

For information on the Applied Economics Seminar click here. The Applied Economics seminar is organized by Professors Fernando Ferreira, Betsey Stevenson, and Katja Seim.

 
 

 Fall 2009 Seminar Series

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Friday October 23, 2009     1020 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Boardroom
 
Speaker: Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia Business School 
Title of Discussion:  "Did Securitization Increase Foreclosure of Distressed Loans? Evidence from Early Pay Default Loans" 
(joint paper with Amit Seru and Vikrant Vig).
 
Note: Only a hard copy of this paper will be distributed and placed on the literature counter in the Real Estate Dept 
just below the faculty mailboxes in 1400 SHDH. Additional paper copies will be available at the seminar. 
 

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Friday December 4, 2009     1020 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Boardroom
 
Speaker: Witold Rybczynski,  The University of Pennsylvania, School of Design
Title of Discussion TBA

 

 

Please check our website regularly for additions and updates to the schedule.