SPECIAL BRIEFINGS ON THE FISCAL OUTLOOK OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

The Special Briefings series, in collaboration with the Volcker Alliance, provides timely commentary on issues facing local and state leaders. Panelists provide insights into current challenges facing cities and states, as well as federal, state, and local government responses. Recordings of past events and summaries of their comments are available on PENN IUR’S WEBSITE  This year, the Special Briefing podcast was launched on all major podcast platforms (more information HERE ). See a complete list of the past year’s monthly Special Briefings on  PAGE 52

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK (SSRN)

Penn IUR’s URBAN RESEARCH EJOURNAL  a Social Science Research Network (SSRN) twice-weekly publication edited by Penn IUR Co-Directors Eugénie Birch and Susan Wachter and overseen by an Advisory Board, publishes papers that address the governance, policy, economics, design, and social issues surrounding global urbanization. Since its 2012 inception, its 8,971 papers have been downloaded 1,440,899 times. Among this year’s featured pieces are:

۳ Luís M.A. Bettencourt , University of Chicago; Emily Talen , University of Chicago, “BEYOND THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME: ZONING, EQUITY, AND ACCESS” 

۳ Hiroshi Goto, Chiba University of Commerce; Keiya Minamimura Kansai Gaidai University, “AGGLOMERATION, FERTILITY, AND LIFE EXPECTANCY” 

۳ Raphael Lafrogne-Joussier CREST-ENSAE; Vincent Rollet Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), “AMBIENT DENSITY AND URBAN CRIME: EVIDENCE FROM SMARTPHONE DATA” 

۳ Sophie Calder-Wang University of Pennsylvania; Gi Heung Kim University of Pennsylvania, “COORDINATED VS EFFICIENT PRICES: THE IMPACT OF ALGORITHMIC PRICING ON MULTIFAMILY RENTAL MARKETS” 

۳ Julia Fonseca University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Lu Liu University of Pennsylvania, “MORTGAGE LOCK-IN, MOBILITY, AND LABOR REALLOCATION” 

۳ Siddhartha Biswas Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; Mallick Hossain , Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; David Zink Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, “CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES, PROPERTY DAMAGE, AND MORTGAGE REPAYMENT” 

ADVISORY BOARD, PENN IUR URBAN RESEARCH eJOURNAL

۳ Elijah Anderson , Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Department of Sociology, Yale University

۳ Raphael Bostic President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

۳ Yongheng Deng , Professor, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison

۳ Gilles Duranton Dean’s Chair in Real Estate Professor and Chair, Department of Real Estate, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

۳ Richard Florida University Professor and Director of Cities, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto; Distinguished Fellow, New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate; Visiting Fellow, Florida International University; Founder, Creative Class Group

۳ Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

۳ William Goetzmann Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies, Yale School of Management

۳ Ira Katznelson Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History, Columbia University

۳ Kyung-Hwan Kim Professor, School of Economics, Sogang University; Former President, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements; Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), Republic of Korea

۳ Catherine Ross Harry West Professor of City & Regional Planning; Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, Georgia Institute of Technology

۳ Bishwapriya Sanyal Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture + Planning

۳ Saskia Sassen , Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

۳ Michael H. Schill President, Northwestern University

۳ Anthony Yeh , Chair Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design; Director, Geographic Information Systems Research Centre; University of Hong Kong

Urban Link

Urban Link is Penn IUR’s monthly online digest that features commentary on urban topics and highlights Penn IUR news and events. Launched in 2012, Urban Link reaches approximately 10,000 subscribers. Penn IUR’s Faculty Fellows and Scholars author Urban Link ’s articles, allowing Penn IUR to share the groundbreaking scholarship of its associates. This year’s feature stories included:

۳ September 2022

“PENN IUR WELCOMES 2022–23 FELLOWS IN URBAN LEADERSHIP” 

۳ October 2022

“WANTED: A NEW PARADIGM FOR UNDERSTANDING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN CITIES IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE FIGHT” 

۳ November 2022

“HOW PHILLY CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE” 

۳ January 2023

“EXPERT VOICES: LANDMARK LEGISLATION, NEW OPPORTUNITIES” 

۳ February 2023

“ROOTED IN RESEARCH: GREENING CITIES FOR HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING” 

۳ March 2023

“CELEBRATING 50 VOLUMES IN PENN IUR–PENN PRESS BOOK SERIES” 

۳ April 2023

“PENN IUR ANNOUNCES THE 2023

LAWRENCE C. NUSSDORF URBAN LEADERSHIP PRIZE WINNERS” 

۳ May 2023

“NEW IDEAS IN URBAN RESEARCH, URBAN DOCTORAL GRADUATES ’23” 

Briefs And Special Reports

Penn IUR’s briefs and special reports offer in-depth research and analysis on timely urban topics from Penn IUR researchers, faculty fellows, and scholars. In 2022–23, publications included:

۳ Eugénie Birch and Amanda Lloyd

“CAN SOUTH KOREA EMPLOY COVERED BONDS FOR RENTAL HOUSING FOR NEW HOUSEHOLDS?” 

October 2022

۳ Amanda Lloyd and Nicholas You

“CIVITAS NOVUS: THE GUANGZHOU/ PENN IUR URBAN INNOVATION ASSESSMENT” 

December 2022

۳ Susan Wachter

“HOW REMOTE WORK IS AFFECTING REAL ESTATE MARKETS” 

December 2022

۳ Eugénie Birch, Sam Geldin, Mauricio Rodas, Amanda Lloyd

“ASSESSING NATURE-BASED SOLUTION INVESTMENTS FOR URBAN RESILIENCE” 

March 2023

۳ Eugénie Birch, Sam Geldin, Mauricio Rodas, Amanda Lloyd “STATE OF FINANCE FOR NATURE IN CITIES 2023: TIME TO ASSESS—SUMMARY FOR LOCAL POLICYMAKERS”  March 2023

۳ David Schleicher “RESPONDING TO STATE AND LOCAL BUDGET CRISES”  May 2023

۳ Clayton Gilette “CAN COURTS RESOLVE THE TRILEMMA?”  May 2023

۳ John Landis

“TEN WAYS COVID-19 CHANGED AMERICA’S CITIES—OR MAYBE NOT”  June 2023

۳ Lance Freeman and Yining Lei “AN OVERVIEW OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE UNITED STATES”  July 2023