Finance

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Advisory Board Member Mark H. Rosenberg
COO & Principal, MHR Fund Management, LLC
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Faculty Fellow Daniel Raff
Associate Professor of Management, University of Pennsylvania
Article September 21, 2020 Geography of Fiscal Distress in America Where is COVID-19 hurting state and local budgets the most? To answer this question, Penn IUR and the Volcker Alliance have mapped data on state and local budgetary distress in the wake of COVID-19. State & Local Finance
Article September 21, 2020 Launch of Initiative for State and Local Fiscal Stability As the U.S. battles the worst pandemic in more than a century, the nation’s states, counties, cities, and towns are suffering a fiscal crisis of unprecedented magnitude. William Glasgall State & Local Finance
Initiatives July 28, 2020 Initiative for State and Local Fiscal Stability There is no more important financial relationship than the one linking Washington and states, cities, and counties. The Initiative for State and Local Fiscal Stability seeks to shine a light on the often-neglected state and local fiscal stability issues, suggesting innovative and durable solutions for policymakers at all levels of government. William Glasgall Susan Wachter State & Local Finance
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Fellow William Glasgall
Public Finance Adviser, Volcker Alliance
Urban Development State & Local Finance
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Fellow Anthony (Tony) Sorrentino
CEO, Fairmount Park Conservancy
Anchor Institutions
Publication May 18, 2020 Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity I study how improvements in accessibility affect the shape of cities. Building on the existing literature on economic geography, which reveals how public infrastructure projects influence the distribution of economic activity in cities, I study the impact of a new private sector innovation: ridesharing. State & Local Finance
Publication April 17, 2020 Agglomeration Economies Are Not Going Away My research focuses on the drivers of urban revitalization, the distribution of amenities among neighborhoods of varying income levels and implications for well-being inequality, and factors driving the discrepancy in nutrition between wealthier and poorer households. Jessie Handbury State & Local Finance Urban Development
Research Paper September 26, 2019 Is the CRA Still Relevant to Mortgage Lending? Susan Wachter Paul Calem Lauren Lambie-Hanson Housing State & Local Finance
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Fellow Ira Goldstein
Senior Advisor, Policy Solutions, Reinvestment Fund
Urban Development Housing + 2
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Emerging Scholar Desen Lin
Assistant Professor of Finance, California State University, Fullerton Managing Editor, SSRN Urban Research eJournal, Penn Institute for Urban Research
Urban Development Housing + 1
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Fellow Carolyn Kousky
Associate Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund
State & Local Finance
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Scholar David Arthur Skeel
S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, Penn Carey Law School
State & Local Finance
Article September 20, 2017 The Unbanking of America Lisa Servon writes that the consumer financial-services system is broken. This system, which consists of not only banks, check cashers, and lending circles, but also policymakers, regulators, and credit bureaus, fails to provide Americans with the products, services, and information they need to achieve financial stability. As a result, too many Americans are unable to participate fully in the economy and in civil society. Lisa Servon State & Local Finance
Affiliated PhD Student Wichinpong “Park” Sinchaisri
PhD Candidate in Operations, Information, and Decisions, School of Management, The Wharton School
Affiliated PhD Student Xiao "Betty" Wang
PhD Candidate, Business Economics and Public Policy, the Wharton Business School
State & Local Finance
Emerging Scholar Ben Hyman
Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
State & Local Finance
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Fellow Michael LaCour-Little
Professor of Finance, Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton
State & Local Finance
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Scholar Arthur Acolin
Associate Professor and Bob Filley Endowed Chair, Runstad Department of Real Estate, College of Built Environments, University of Washington
Urban Development Rapid Urbanization + 1

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