Dr. Stephen B. Billings, Global Real Estate Capital Markets Chair in the Department of Finance at the University of Colorado is a nationally recognized scholar in urban economics and real estate with peer-reviewed publications in such outlets as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Review of Economics & Statistics, American Economic Review: Insights. Steve's research focuses on a number of important policy issues including the impact of public investment in light-rail transit on neighborhoods, the impact of school segregation on academic achievement and crime, the role of lead-based paint on neighborhoods, home values and childhood outcomes, The impact of environment hazards and climate change on residential location decisions. He works extensively with large administrative datasets.
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Environmental Hazards and Housing, Neighborhoods and Schools, Lead-Paint and Housing, Social Interactions in Crime, Non-Market Valuation, Hedonic Housing Price Methods,
