RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS
Explore cutting-edge research on urban economics and real estate being conducted across different universities. Invited speakers will describe current or past research, identify challenges involved in their work, and highlight research conceptualization, approaches, methods, and/or data analysis, to better understand how to execute a research project.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Business PHD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, for 5 number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify a good research question. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate the state-of-the-art empirical methods in empirical research, the pros and cons for each empirical strategy, and how to choose between different empirical strategies. Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze the workhorse theoretical models in urban economics and real estate. Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize the current state of the real estate and urban economics literature to recognize potential contributions to the literature. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply cutting-edge research methodologies to their own research projects. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate oral presentation skills in presenting their own research projects to an academic audience. Audience: Graduate 7. Expand networks within and beyond the Wisconsin School of Business to serve as a springboard for their careers. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify a good research question. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate the state-of-the-art empirical methods in empirical research, the pros and cons for each empirical strategy, and how to choose between different empirical strategies. Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze the workhorse theoretical models in urban economics and real estate. Audience: Graduate 4. Summarize the current state of the real estate and urban economics literature to recognize potential contributions to the literature. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply cutting-edge research methodologies to their own research projects. Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate oral presentation skills in presenting their own research projects to an academic audience. Audience: Graduate 7. Expand networks within and beyond the Wisconsin School of Business to serve as a springboard for their careers. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027