Arthur Acolin
Arthur Acolin is an Associate Professor and Bob Filley Endowed Professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. He obtained his Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development from the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. His field of research is housing economics with a focus on international housing policy and finance (US, Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia). His particular interest is on how housing market institutions and market designs affect household access to housing (tenure choice, housing consumption and mobility decision). This includes identifying barriers to homeownership and rentership and market and policy interventions that can overcome these barriers.
Qualifications
PhD, University of Southern California, 2017
MSc, London School of Economics and Sciences Po Paris, 2011
BA, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
Current Teaching
- Introduction to Real Estate Economics and Market Analysis (MSRE)
- Advanced Real Estate Finance & Investment (MSRE)
- Housing Markets and Policy (Undergraduates and Graduate)
- Advanced Housing Studies (Undergraduate and Graduate)