About Lu
Prior to joining the UW, Professor Han was a Professor and Premier’s Research Chair in Productivity and Competitiveness at the University of Toronto, where she received multiple MBA Teaching and Teaching-in-Excellence awards. She was the Founding Academic Director of the Centre for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of Toronto and a Chief Scientist for Behavioural Economics in Action at Rotman(BEAR).
Professor Han currently serves as an Associate Editor for Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Housing Economics, and Regional Science and Urban Economics. She served as an Editor for the Real Estate Economics during 2020-2024. She is also the President-Elect of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.
Professor Han holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. Her research interests are at the interface of urban economics, market microstructure, industrial organization and real estate finance. She has conducted extensive research on topics such as affordability, sustainability, land use, market microstructure, housing and mortgage policies.
Selected Published Journal Articles
Han, L. & Hong, S. (2024). Cash is king? Understanding financing risk in housing markets Review of Finance
Baum-Snow, N. & Han, L. (2024). The Microgeography of Housing Supply Journal of Political Economy
Han, L. & Lutz, C. & Sand, B. & Stacey , D. (2021). The Effects of a Targeted Financial Constraint on the Housing Market Review of Financial Studies
Zhou, Z. & Chen, H. & Han, L. & Zhang, A. (2021). The Effect of a Subway on House Price: Evidence from Shanghai Real Estate Economics
Han, B. & Han, L. & Zhu, G. (2018). Housing Price and Fundamentals in A Transition Economy — the Case of the Beijing Market International Economic Review
Han, L. & Hong, S. (2016). Understanding In-House Transactions in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry Rand Journal of Economics
Han, L. & Strange, W. (2016). What is the Role of the Asking Price for a House Journal of Urban Economics
Han, L. & Strange, W. (2015). The Microstructure of Housing Markets: Search, Bargaining, and Brokerage Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics
Han, L. & Strange, W. (2014). Bidding Wars for Houses Real Estate Economics
Genesove, D. & Han, L. (2013). A Spatial Look at Housing Boom and Bust Cycles Housing Markets and the Financial Crisis
Han, L. (2013). Understanding the Puzzling Risk-Return Relationship for Housing Review of Financial Studies
Genesove, D. & Han, L. (2012). Search and Matching in the Housing Markets Journal of Urban Economics
Han, L. & Hong, S. (2011). Testing Cost Inefficiency under Free Entry in the Real Estate Brokerage Industry Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
Han, L. (2010). The Effects of House Price Uncertainty on the Life-Cycle Housing Demand Review of Financial Studies
Han, L. (2008). Hedging House Price Risk in the Presence of Lumpy Transaction Costs Journal of Urban Economics
Working Papers
Barwick, P. & Han, L. & Kroah, J. & Zhang, D. Realtor Referrals to Loan Officers: Efficiency or Exploitation?
Presentations
18th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (2024) Can Stay-at-Home Orders Create a Pandemic Housing Boom?
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