Economic Development

Apr 15 2021 Past Event Second Annual Wharton Future of Cities Conference Urban Development
Apr 15 2021 Past Event Special Briefing: State Budgeting, the COVID-19 Recession, and What Comes Next State & Local Finance
Article March 24, 2021 Mortgage Securitization in the Era of COVID-19 A set of papers edited by Urban Institute Vice President Laurie Goodman and Penn IUR Co-Director Susan Wachter and recently published in Housing Policy Debate reflects on strategies to maintain and advance the reforms that have strengthened the GSEs. The peer-reviewed articles address both the current and future performance of the GSEs along several themes. Housing State & Local Finance
Article March 24, 2021 Faculty Spotlight: Vincent Reina Penn IUR conducted this interview with Vincent Reina as part of its semi-annual spotlight on Penn IUR Faculty Fellows. Vincent Reina Housing
Article March 24, 2021 Advancing Research on Urban Informality Penn IUR is fostering cross-disciplinary exchange among early-career researchers on the topic of urban informality through a new research initiative: the Penn IUR Forum on Urban Informality. Urban informality—individuals’ negotiation of jobs, shelter, and public services outside of customary legal and regulatory institutions—is exploding around the world, especially in rapidly urbanizing places and places with high rates of poverty. Urban Development
Article February 17, 2021 The Potential of New Towns New Towns for the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide brings together international and interdisciplinary contributors to examine new town design, planning, finances, management, governance, quality of life, and sustainability. Penn IUR interviewed editors Richard Peiser and Ann Forsyth on the implications of these projects around the world. Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Article February 11, 2021 Economic Outlook for 2021 Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics and Penn IUR Fellow, offered his forecast for the year ahead at a recent webinar on state and local fiscal stability hosted by Penn IUR and the Volcker Alliance. Mark Zandi State & Local Finance
Newsletter January 20, 2021 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2021 Urban Development Anchor Institutions
Jan 14 2021 Past Event Special Briefing: The Year Ahead for States and Municipalities State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 Mortgage Securitization in the Covid-19 Era: Commentary (Layton) Don Layton Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 FHFA’s Capital Rule Is a Step Backward Mark Zandi Jim Parrott Bob Ryan Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 Analysis of the Proposed 2020 FHFA Rule on Enterprise Capital Laurie Goodman Edward Golding Jun Zhu Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 The Mortgage Market as a Stimulus Channel in the Covid-19 Crisis Laurie Goodman Susan Wachter Edward Golding Richard Green Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 Evaluating the Benefits of a Streamlined Refinance Program Kristopher Gerardi Lara Loewenstein Paul S. Willen Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 Mortgage Securitization in the Covid-19 Era: Introduction Laurie Goodman Susan Wachter Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 GSEs: Their Viability as Public Utilities Susan Wachter Richard Cooperstein Housing State & Local Finance
Article December 17, 2020 The G20 and Cities In this article on the rise and influence of engagement groups like the Urban 20, Penn IUR Co-Director Eugénie Birch explains how urban priorities came to be reflected in the G20 Leaders’ Communique. Eugénie L. Birch State & Local Finance Anchor Institutions
Cover of the book New Towns in the Twenty-First Century
Book December 16, 2020 New Towns for the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide Richard Peiser Ann Forsyth Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Article December 16, 2020 Unemployment Still at Double Digits in Major Cities Trends in unemployment rates by metro and “city-counties” since the onset of COVID-19, compared to the Global Financial Crisis. State & Local Finance
Article December 15, 2020 How Ideas Stopped an Expressway in Philadelphia A selection from “How Ideas Stopped an Expressway in Philadelphia,” Chapter Four of How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development, edited by Richardson Dilworth, Director, Center for Public Policy, Professor, Department of Politics, Drexel University and Timothy P. R. Weaver, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University at Albany, SUNY. Copyright © 2020 University of Pennsylvania Press. Urban Development

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