Brief Vita and Selected Publications for:
Thomas A.
Thomson
Quincy Lee Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Finance
Discipline:
Finance / Real Estate Finance
Telephone:
(210) 458-5306
Fax:
(210) 458-6320
Degrees:
Ph.D., 1994; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph. D., 1983; University of California, Berkeley
M.S., 1978; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
B.S.F. (Honours), 1977; University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Selected Publications:
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An Empirical Assessment of the Value of Green in Residential Real Estate, The Appraisal Journal, LXXXII:32-40 (Winter 2015, with A. Cadena).
Zillow's Estimates of Single-Family Housing Values, The Appraisal Journal, LXXVIII:26-32 (Winter 2010, with D. Hollas and R. Rutherford).
Residential Asking Rents and Time on the Market, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 38(4):351-365, (2009, with M. Allen, and R. Rutherford).
Subprime Transitions: Lingering or Malingering in Default, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 33(3):240-258, (2006, with D. Capozza).
Property Assessments
and Information Asymmetry in Real Estate, Journal of Real Estate Research, 28(3):275-291,
(2006, with F. Firoozi, D. Hollas, and R. Rutherford).
Appraisal, Agency and Atypicality: Evidence From Manufactured Homes, Real Estate Economics. 33(3):509-537, (2005, with D. Capozza and R. Israelsen).
Optimal Stopping and Losses on Subprime Mortgages, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 30(2):115-131, ( 2005, with D. Capozza)
The Influence of Race in Residential Mortgage Closings, The Journal of Real Estate Research. 25(4):543-556, (2003, with J. McMurray).
Real Estate Agent Remarks: Help or Hype?, Journal of Real Estate Research 20(1/2):205-215, (2000, with J. Haig and R. Rutherford).
The Conditional Probability of Mortgage Default. Real Estate Economics (AREUEA Journal) 26(3):259-289. (1998, with D. Capozza and D. Kazarian)
Mortgage Default in Local Markets. Real Estate Economics (AREUEA Journal) 25(4):631-655.(1997, with D. Capozza and D. Kazarian)
Determinants of the Closing Probability of Residential Mortgages. Journal of Real Estate Research, 14(1/2):55-64. (1997, with J. McMurray)
Long Term Portfolio Returns From Timber and Financial Assets. Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 3(1):57-73, (1997).
Optimal Forest Rotation When Stumpage Prices Follow a Diffusion. Land Economics 68(3):329-342, (1992)
Efficient Combinations of Timber and Financial Market Investments in Single Period and Multiperiod Portfolios. Forest Science 37(2):41-480, (1991)
Working papers:
Using MLS Data to Predict Residential Foreclosure (with with R. Rutherford).
