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Last updated November 2008.
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* Grace Wong Bucchianeri has also previously published under the name Grace Wong.

Employment

2004 – present
Assistant Professor of Real Estate, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Education


2004PhD, Economics Department, Princeton University
Dissertation Title: "Microeconomic Studies on Housing, Health And Careers"
Advisors: Professor Alan B. Krueger, Professor Cecilia Rouse
2002MA, Department of Economics, Princeton University
2000MSc, Department of Economics, London School of Economics
Distinction (Top honors division)
1999BSc, Department of Economics, London School of Economics
1st Class Honors (Top honors division)

Research Interests


Real estate finance and housing market behaviors. Understanding housing market responses to exogenous shocks and the relationship between housing and well-being.

Teaching Experience

Lectureship
2008
Real Estate Development, Wharton (Executive Education)
2004 - present
Real Estate Finance, Wharton (Undergraduate and MBA)
2001 Summer
Graduate Calculus Camp, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
2001 Summer
Junior Summer Institute, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Teaching Assistantship
2002 - 2003
Teaching Assistant, Financial Accounting, Princeton University
2002 - 2003
Teaching Assistant, Analysis of Price Systems, Princeton University
1999 - 2000
Teaching Assistant, Introductory Economics, London School of Economics

Professional Services

2008
Member, AREUEA Dissertation Awards Committee
2008
Session Chair, Regional Science Association International Meeting
2008
Co-organizer, Inter-University Real Estate Symposium

University Services

2008
Faculty Advisor, Wharton Undergraduate Real Estate Club
2008
Wharton MBA Executive Committee
2008
Wharton Faculty Survey Committee
2007 - present
Faculty Brother, Business Fraternity Delta Sigma Pi

Fellowships and Awards

2005
Ballard Research Award, Wharton
2003 – 2004
Industrial Relations Section Fellowship, Princeton University
2003
Mellon Foundation Research Grant, Princeton University ($13,000)
2003
MacAurthur Foundation Research Grant, Princeton University
2003
Center for Migration and Development Research Award, Princeton University
2002
Center on Regional Studies Predissertation Award, Princeton University
2002
East Asian Studies Predissertation Research Grant, Princeton University
2002 & 2003
Graduate Summer Research Grant, Princeton University
2000 – 2004
Princeton University Fellowship
1999 – 2000
C.K. Hobson Economics Studentship, London School of Economics
1999 – 2000
London School of Economics Entrance Grant (merit-based tuition support)

Articles Published in Refereed Journals


[1]Wong, G. "Has Sars Infected the Property Market? Evidence from Hong Kong." (2008) Journal of Urban Economics.
[2]Wachter, S. and Wong, G. "Green Cities Strategies, Home Values and Social Capital." (2008) Real Estate Economics.
[3]Burgess, R., Pande, R. and Wong G. "Banking for the Poor: Evidence from India." (2005) Journal of European Economics Association Papers and Proceedings.

Working Papers


[4]Bucchianeri, G. W. and Talya Miron-Shatz, T. "Shalt Thou Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Home? The Reality of Perceived Relative Housing."
[5]Bucchianeri, G. W. "The American Dream? The Private and External Benefits of Homeownership."
[6]Bucchianeri, G. W. "More House, Happier? Understanding Housing Using Subjective Wellbeing Data."
[7]Bucchianeri, G. W. and Julliard, C. "Politics and Housing Risk: A Comparison of International Residential Housing Premia."
[8]Bucchianeri, G. W. "Inside a City: The Anatomy of a Housing Bubble."
[9]Bucchianeri, G. W. "Is Sars a Poor Man’s Disease? Socioeconomic Status and Risk Factors for Sars Transmission"

Published Discussions


[10]Wong, G. "Comment on 'Reassessing the Role of National and Local Shocks in Metropolitan Area Housing Markets.'" (2008) Brookings-Wharton Papers on Wrban Affairs

Academic Presentations


2007 – present Wharton Asia Business Forum, AREUEA International Conference, AREUEA Mid-year Conference, Inter-University Summer Real Estate Symposium (Program Committee member), Wharton Applied Economics Summer Workshop
2006 – 2007 Wharton China Business Forum, AREUEA International Conference, AREUEA Mid-year Conference, Hong Kong University, Inter-University (Wharton, NYU, Columbia, NYU, Wisconsin, UT Austin, UC Berkeley) Real Estate Summer Conference, Wharton Applied Economics Summer Workshop
2005 – 2006 Inter-university Real Estate Summer Conference, NYU, AREUEA Annual Conference, AREUEA Mid-year Conference, AREUEA International Conference, Brookings-Wharton Urban Conference, PREIT, Wharton-INSEAD China Research Forum, NBER Summer Institute, Inter-departmental Faculty Forum (UPenn), Wharton Applied Economics Summer Workshop
2004 – 2005 UC Berkeley, George Washington University, Federal Reserver Board, Temple University, City University of Hong Kong, Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, AREUEA Mid-year Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University, Wharton Applied Economics Summer Workshop