Lei Zhang
2028 CONSTANT HALL
NORFOLK, 23529
Dr. Lei Zhang is an Associate Professor in Real Estate in the Department of Finance at the Strome College of Business at Old à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã University. She is the editor-in-chief for the Review of Regional Studies, corresponding editor for Urban Studies, and a member of the Editorial Board of Housing Studies. Prior to joining ODU, she was an Associate Professor and a Faculty Fellow in the Challey Institute for Global Innovation & Growth at North Dakota State University. Dr. Zhang’s primary research field is real estate and housing à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs, and her research focuses on assessing factors affecting real estate price, à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã growth, and studying policy impacts on the housing market. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, such as Real Estate Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and Regional Science and Urban Economics.
Expertise
Research Interests
Real Estate and Housing Economics
Articles
- Zhang, L., Leonard, T. and Bitzan, J. (2022). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on House Prices: Heterogeneous Impacts Over Time and Across the House Price Distribution. Journal of Real Estate Research.
- Zhang, L. and Leonard, T. (2021). External validity of hedonic price estimates: Heterogeneity in the price discount associated with having Black and Hispanic neighbors. Journal of Regional Science 61 (1) , pp. 62--85.
- Peng, L. and Zhang, L. (2021). House prices and systematic risk: Evidence from microdata. Real Estate Economics.
- Leonard, T., Yang, X. and Zhang, L. (2021). The impact of land use regulation across the conditional distribution of home prices: an application of quantile regression for group-level treatments. The Annals of Regional Science 66 (3) , pp. 655--676.
- Leonard, T., Yang, X., Zhang, L. and Reed, C. (2020). Impact of Property Tax Abatement on Employment Growth. Economic Development Quarterly 34 (2) , pp. 209--221.
- Zhang, L. and Leonard, T. (2019). Flood hazards impact on neighborhood house prices. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 58 (4) , pp. 656--674.
- Zhang, L. and Yi, Y. (2018). What contributes to the rising house prices in Beijing? A decomposition approach. Journal of Housing Economics 41 , pp. 72--84.
- Lim, S. Hoon. and Zhang, L. (2017). Does casino development have a positive effect on à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã growth?. Growth and Change 48 (3) , pp. 409--434.
- Zhang, L., Leonard, T. and Dias, R. (2017). Foreclosed and sold: An examination of community and property characteristics related to the sale of REO properties. Urban Affairs Review 53 (5) , pp. 924--949.
- Leonard, T., Jha, N. and Zhang, L. (2017). Neighborhood price externalities of foreclosure rehabilitation: an examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Empirical Economics 52 (3) , pp. 955--975.
- Zhang, L. and Yi, Y. (2017). Quantile house price indices in Beijing. Regional Science and Urban Economics 63 , pp. 85--96.
- Miljkovic, D., Dalbec, N. and Zhang, L. (2016). Estimating dynamics of US demand for major fossil fuels. Energy Economics 55 , pp. 284--291.
- Zhang, L. (2016). Flood hazards impact on neighborhood house prices: A spatial quantile regression analysis. Regional Science and Urban Economics 60 , pp. 12--19.
- Zhang, L., Leonard, T. and Murdoch, J. C. (2016). Time and distance heterogeneity in the neighborhood spillover effects of foreclosed properties. Housing Studies 31 (2) , pp. 133--148.
- Leonard, T., Zhang, L. and Hoehner, C. (2015). Variations in park facility valuations across neighborhoods. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 8 (1) , pp. 45--67.
- Zhang, L. and Leonard, T. (2014). Neighborhood impact of foreclosure: A quantile regression approach. Regional Science and Urban Economics 48 , pp. 133--143.
- Dave, C., Dressler, S. J. and Zhang, L. (2013). The bank lending channel: a FAVAR analysis. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 45 (8) , pp. 1705--1720.