Wisconsin School of Business

François Ortalo-Magné

Albert O. Nicholas Dean

Dean - Office of the Dean

Professor François Ortalo-Magné is the Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business.

His research interests include housing, agricultural land markets and policies, and international real estate.

Ortalo-Magné has contributed to the understanding of the housing market through his theoretical work on dynamic equilibrium housing models and through the collection and analysis of novel data sets that provide unique insights into the housing transaction process. He is also interested in the drivers of farmland prices and has written extensively on agricultural policy. He is called upon regularly by policymakers for contributions to housing and agricultural policy debates.

His research has been published in the Review of Economic Studies, the European Economic Review, the Journal of Urban Economics, Economic Policy, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and the Journal of Housing Economics. He has also written a book on agricultural policy reform that was published both in French and Japanese.

He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Housing Economics and on the board of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.

At Wisconsin, he leads efforts to expose students to the world of international real estate both through his teaching and international field trips. In 2010, he led the creation of the innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) that combines the strengths of three top-ranked international business schools with the real estate expertise at the Wisconsin School of Business.

Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ortalo-Magné was in the Department of Economics at the London School of Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota.
 

Selected Published Journal Articles


Davis, M., & Ortalo-Magne, F. (2011). Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents. Review of Economic Dynamics (14), 248-261. doi: 10.1016/j.red.2009.12.003.
Ortalo-Magne, F. (2011). Trading Frictions and House Price Dynamics. (43), 305-309.
Ortalo-Magne, F., Hendel, I., & Nevo, A. (2009). The Relative Performance of Real Estate Marketing Platforms: MLS versus FSBOMadison.com. American Economic Review (99), 1878-98.
Ortalo-Magne, F., & Rady, S. (2008). Heterogeneity within Communities: A Stochastic Model with Tenure Choice. Journal of Urban Economics (64), 1-17.
Ortalo-Magne, F., , H., & , N. (2007). One city's Home Sellers Do Better on Their Own. American Economic Review
Ortalo-Magne, F., & Rady, S. (2006). Housing Market Dynamics: On the Contribution of Income Shock and Credit Constraints. Review of Economic Studies (73), 459-485.
Ortalo-Magne, F., & Rady, S. (2004). Housing Transactions and Macroeconomic Fluctuations: A Case Study of England and Wales. Journal of Housing Economics (13), 287-303.

Submitted Working Papers


Ortalo-Magne, F., Mello, A., & Rust, J. The Home Selling Problem: Theory and Evidence.
Ortalo-Magne, F., & Prat, A. On the Political Economy of Urban Growth: Homeownership Versus Affordability.

Presentations


AEA / AREUEA joint Session
Discussion of "The Costs of Agglomeration: Land Prices in French Cities"

City University of Hong Kong - Dept of Economics
"On the Political Economy of Urban Growth: Homeownership against Affordibility "

NYU Stern school of Business Finance Dept Seminar
"Spatial Asset Pricing: A First Step "

Housing Urban Labor Macro Conference
Discussion of " The Housing Market(s) in San Diego" by Tim Landvoigt, Monika Piazzesi, and Martin Schneider)

Wash U Olin School of Business - Dept of Economics
"On the Political Economy of Urban Growth: Homeownership against Affordibility "

Workshop on Urban Economics
"On the Political Economy of Urban Growth: Homeownership against Affordibility "

Workshop on Urban Economics
Discussion of "The Homeownership Gap" by Andrew Haughwout, Richard Peach and Joseph Tracy

Summer Workshop in Macro Finance
"Spatial Asset Pricing: A First Step "

London School of Economics - Department of Geography Seminar
"On the Political Economy of Urban Growth: Homeownership against Affordibility "

INCAE Finance Dept Seminar
"Spatial Asset Pricing: A First Step "

Rays of Research
Housing for Smarties

Federal Reserve System Conference on Housing and Mortgage Markets
Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents

University of Texas-Austin seminar
Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco seminar
Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents

Applied Micro Seminar
Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents

RSAI Annual North American Meeting
Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents

University of California - Berkeley Seminar
Household Expenditures, Wages, Rents

Professional Organizations


Counselors of Real Estate

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Council of Economic Advisors tothe French Ministry of the Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transports and Housing


Photograph of François Ortalo-Magné

François Ortalo-Magné

Albert O. Nicholas Dean
 
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