Biography
Alina Arefeva is an Assistant Professor of Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business. Prior to that, she taught at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Her research focus is the impact of microstructure, institutions, and policies on real estate and financial markets. Alina was born in Turkmenistan. She earned her BA and MA in Economics from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) and MA in Economics from the New Economic School (NES) in Moscow and her Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University.
Research
Selected Published Journal Articles
Arefeva, A. & Meng, D. (2021). Revealing Information in Auctions: the Optimal Auction versus the Second-Price Auction Economic Letters
Working Papers
Arefeva, A. & Arefyev, N. (2021). Monetary Policy Reestimated
Arefeva, A. (2020). Housing Markets: Auctions, Microstructure Noise, and Weekly Patterns.
Arefeva, A. & Davis, M. & Ghent, A. & Park, M. (2020). The Effect of Capital Gains Taxes on Business Creation and Employment: The Case of Opportunity Zones
Presentations
FORCE-VHM Special Session (2023) Housing Markets: Auctions, Microstructure Noise, and Weekly Patterns
NBER Business Taxation in a Federal System, Fall 2022 (2022) The Effect of Capital Gains Taxes on Business Creation and Employment: The Case of Opportunity Zones
NBER SI 2022 Urban Economics (2022) The Effect of Capital Gains Taxes on Business Creation and Employment
Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting (2022) The Effect of Capital Gains Taxes on Business Creation and Employment: The Case of Opportunity Zones
Opportunity Zones Briefing for the Financial Services Committee within the U.S. House of Representatives (2022) The Effect of Capital Gains Taxes on Business Creation and Employment: The Case of Opportunity Zones
ASSA 2022 Virtual Annual Meeting (2022) Can Stay-at-Home Orders Create a Pandemic Housing Boom?
Ryerson Research Symposium (2021) The impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate Data Alliance (CREDA) Conference (2021) The Impact of COVID-19 on Commercial Real Estate
2021 Virtual Joint AREUEA AsRES Real Estate Conference (2021) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
2021 AREUEA National Conference (2021) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
10th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (2021) Job Growth of Opportunity Zones
2021 AREUEA-ASSA Conference (2021) Information Disclosure in Housing Auctions
ASSA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting (2021) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
Baruch College Seminar Series (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
CEP/Geography Urban and Regional Economics Seminar (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
National University of Singapore Virtual Seminar (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
Rays of Research Workshop (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
12th ReCapNet Conference: Global Trends and Real Estate (2020) How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
Rutgers Business School Seminar (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Virtual Seminar (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
University of California – Santa Cruz, Economics Department, Microeconomics Seminar (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
Urban Economic Association (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
Virtual Workshop on Topics in Regional and Urban Economics: China, Asia, and Beyond (2020) Job Growth from Opportunity Zones
Econometric Society Virtual World Congress (2020) How to Set a Deadline for Auctioning a House
European Economic Association (2020) How to Set a Deadline for Auctioning a House
Stockholm Business School Seminar (2020) How to Set a Deadline for Auctioning a House
American Economic Association (ARUEA) (2020) How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
Urban Economic Association (2019) How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) (2019) How to Set a Deadline for Auctioning a House
CEBRA Annual Meeting at Columbia University (2019) How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
AREUEA International Conference (2019) How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Conference (2019) How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
Summer Real Estate Research Symposium (pre-WFA) (2019) How Auctions Amplify House-Price Fluctuations
Southwestern Finance Association Conference (2019) How to Set a Deadline for Auctioning a House
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
Urban and Regional Economics (RES 420), Spring 2021.
Nature and structure of urban economies; location of economic activity; economic analysis in an urban framework; principles of urban economic development, housing, transportation, poverty and unemployment and municipal finance. Forecasting of economic activity using census and socioeconomic data. Enroll Info: None
Urban and Regional Economics (RES 420), Spring 2021.
Nature and structure of urban economies; location of economic activity; economic analysis in an urban framework; principles of urban economic development, housing, transportation, poverty and unemployment and municipal finance. Forecasting of economic activity using census and socioeconomic data. Enroll Info: None
Graduate Courses
Ph.D. seminar in Real Estate (RES 765), Spring 2021.