ERG researchers specialize in the study of local, regional, and national housing markets. Selected recent publications include:

• Bian, X., Chen, R., & Jiang, H. (2025). Do immigrants equally benefit from rent control?. Real Estate Economics, 53(1), 67-100.
• Chen, R., Jiang, H., & Quintero, L. E. (2023). Measuring the value of rent stabilization and understanding its implications for racial inequality: Evidence from New York City. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 103, 103948.
• Painter, G., Zhong, N., & Yang, X.(2022). Housing Wealth as Precautionary Saving: Evidence from Urban China. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 57(2), 761-789.
• Zhou, Y. (2021). The political economy of historic districts: The private, the public, and the collective. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 86, 103583.