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Arthur Acolin

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Arthur Acolin

Managing Editor, SSRN Urban Research eJournal Associate Professor, University of Washington
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Urban Development Rapid Urbanization Housing

Arthur Acolin is an Associate Professor and Bob Filley Endowed Chair in the Runstad Department of Real Estate in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. His field of research is housing economics with a focus on international housing policy and finance. His research examines how housing market institutions and market designs affect household access to housing (tenure choice, housing consumption and mobility decision).

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Asia Built Environment Downtowns Economic Development Equity and Inclusion Europe Finance Geographic Information Systems Housing Affordability Immigration International International Development North America Philadelphia Race Real Estate South America Spatial Analytics Urban Informality Urban Planning

Arthur's Recent Activity

Article August 29, 2019 New Ideas in Urban Research 2019: Research Questions and Findings from Penn IUR’s Emerging Scholars and 2019 Doctoral Recipients For this month’s issue of Urban Link, we interviewed recent PhDs—Emerging Scholars, who are a few years into their careers, as well as Spring 2019 degree recipients—on issues they are pursuing in their research. Arthur Acolin James Kwame Mensah Matthew Kenyatta Ariadna Reyes-Sánchez Akira Drake Rodriguez Cameron Anglum James Morone Urban Development
Research Paper February 15, 2017 Housing and Opportunity This brief examines the changing landscape of housing affordability and its implications for economic mobility and social inclusion in the United States. Susan Wachter Arthur Acolin Housing
Research Paper September 29, 2016 Opportunity and Housing Access This paper examines the critical connection between housing affordability and access to economic opportunity in the United States. Arthur Acolin Susan Wachter Housing
Research Paper June 16, 2016 City and Suburbs - Has There Been a Regime Change? This paper examines the recent shifts in urban population and employment trends in American cities over the past two decades. Arthur Acolin Richard Voith Susan Wachter Rapid Urbanization

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