Timothy (Tim) Riddiough holds the E.J. Plesko Chair and is a professor in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the Wisconsin School of Business. Riddiough served as the director of the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate from 2004-2009.

From 1994 to 2001 Riddiough was at MIT as an assistant and associate tenured professor, and from 1991 to 1994 he was an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati.

Riddiough is currently the second vice president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA). He has been active in AREUEA for many years, serving on the board of directors several times.

He is on the editorial board of Real Estate Economics, and I for several years served as editor of Real Estate Finance. He currently serves on the editorial boards of five other real estate-related journals.

His honors and awards include winning the best dissertation and best paper awards from AREUEA, being named a founding fellow at the Real Estate Research Institute, and a fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute for Advanced Studies.

Riddiough is best known for his work on credit risk in mortgage lending, mortgage securitization, real options, REIT investment and corporate finance, and land use regulation.

He has published in Real Estate Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Quantitative Financial Analysis, and the Journal of Financial Intermediation. His current research interests are focused on the financial crisis of 2007-08, economic development of debt markets, and optimal contract design.

Riddoiugh is an active participant in the commercial real estate industry, speaking often on the financial crisis, and was recently named to NAREIT’s investment advisory council. He is also active with the Pension Real Estate Association and the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association. He advises several real estate organizations on investment and risk management issues, and has served as an expert economic consultant on numerous legal matters involving real estate finance and investment issues.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He holds the Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) designation.