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	Kenneth Rosen Chair, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics Professor Emeritus Haas Real Estate Group 510-643-6105 Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address Academic Status: On duty Office Hours: By appointment

Education

BA, Economics, University of Connecticut
PhD, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Positions Held

At Haas since 1979
1981 - present, Professor, Haas School of Business
1978 - 1981, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
1975 - 1978, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
1974, Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston University.
1972 - 1975, Research Associate, Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard University
1971, International Economic Intern, United States Treasury Department
1970 - 1971, Special Assistant to the Director of Research and Program Information, Connecticut Department of Community Affairs
1969 - 1970, Economic Analyst, Connecticut Department of Community Affairs
1968 - 1969, Research Assistant, Professor George France, University of Connecticut

External Service and Assignments

Current affiliations within Haas or UC Berkeley: Chairman, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Chair, Fisher Center for Real Estate Grants Committe
Chair, Fisher Center for Real Estate Grants Committee
Member: American Economics Association, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, Urban Land Institute Trustee, Urban Land Institute Research Committee Member
Referee: American Economic Review, JMCB, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Urban and Real Estate Economics, JPE, Land Economics, and National Science Foundation
Board Service: Avitar Holdings, Inc., Board of Trustees of the Urban Land Institute (nonprofit), Golden West Financial Corporation, National Association of Business Economics - San Francisco Chapter (nonprofit), PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., National Association of Real Estate Trusts - Investor Advisory Council (nonprofit), Bentley School (nonprofit), Chairman of UCSF Real Estate Advisory Board (nonprofit).

Current Research and Interests

Economics of the housing market
Construction of a detailed econometric forecasting model of the real estate sector
New policies for the housing and mortgage markets to make housing more affordable
California housing market and models of the office building sector
Price adjustments and the natural vacancy rate for rental housing
Securitization of the commercial real estate market, REITS

Selected Papers and Publications

"Shopping the City: Real Estate Finance and Urban Retail Development," with G. Kim and A. Patel. Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, 2003.

Teaching

MBA 280 / Evening MBA 280

Honors and Awards

PREA’s 2003 Graaskamp Award
Koret Foundation Fellow for Study in Israel, 1994-1995
Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, MBA Program, 1984
National Science Foundation Fellow, 1970-1973
Woodrow Wilson Fellow in Economics, 1970
Departmental Honors Fellow in Economics, 1968-1969
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Phi, Lambda Alpha
Elected Treasurer and Executive Committee Member, Board of Governors, University of Connecticut
Elected to Archons, Society of Outstanding Student Leaders

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