MIT Climate and Real Estate Inaugural Symposium
MIT Climate and Real Estate Inaugural Symposium
The real estate sector’s vulnerability and its contribution to climate change call for innovative research at the intersection of climate change and real estate. The Climate Initiative is organizing a symposium on Climate Change and Real Estate Economics and Finance to bring together leading researchers in the world working on this topic, hosted by the Center for Real Estate at MIT.
Please contact climaterealestate2022@mit.edu with any questions regarding the symposium.
Speakers
Dongxiao Niu
postdoctoral researcher, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
December 4th, 2022 | Day 1
| TIME | Speaker | session |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Siqi Zheng | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15-11:15 | Eunjee Kwon, Linde Kattenberg, Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva | Session 1: Climate Policy – The Unintended Consequences of Post-Disaster Policies for Spatial Sorting – The Efficacy of Energy Efficiency: Measuring the Returns to Home Insulation – Pricing of Climate Risk Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies |
| 11:15-11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30-13:00 | Benjamin Keys, Nancy Wallace | Luncheon and Keynote Speeches |
| 13:00-13:15 | Break | |
| 13:15-15:15 | Dongxiao Niu, Rogier Holtermans, Seunghoon Lee | Session 2: Economic Cost of Climate Change – Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Shocks in Commercial Real Estate Market – Climate Risk and Commercial Mortgage Delinquency – Temperature Shock, Adaptation Capacity, and Household Retail Consumption |
| 15:15-15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30-16:30 | Hoanh Le, Spenser Robinson, Yilan Xu, Avis Devine | Short Talks – Housing Market Dynamics Following a Major Hurricane – Climate Change and Commercial Real Estate: The Role of Shocks, Retail Investors, and Beliefs – Social Learning about Climate Risk Assessing the Environmental Impact of Green MBS |
| 17:00-19:00 | Reception |
December 5th, 2022 | Day 2
| time | speaker | session |
|---|---|---|
| 9:15-11:15 | Philip Mulder, Erkan Yonder, Rachel Meltzer | Session 3: Climate Risk Information and Perception – Mismeasuring Risk: The Welfare Effects of Flood Risk Information – Climate Change and Commercial Real Estate: Evidence from Hurricane Sandy – Heterogeneity in the Recovery of Local Real Estate Markets After Extreme Events: The Case of Hurricane Sandy |
| 11:15-11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30-13:30 | William Wheaton, Nils Kok, Amine Ouazad | Luncheon and Keynote Speeches |
| 13:30-14:00 | Break | |
| 14:00-16:00 | Industry Roundtable | |
| 16:00 | Adjourn | |
