Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh is the Earle W. Kazis and Benjamin Schore Professor of Real Estate at Columbia Business School. For his research on the economic impact of working from home on real estate and public finance, he is called "the prophet of urban doom" by The New York Times.[1]
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh | |
|---|---|
| Awards | Germán Bernácer Prize (2015) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Ghent Stanford University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Sub-discipline | Real Estate |
| Institutions | New York University Stern School of Business Columbia Business School |
Biography
editVan Nieuwerburgh received his B.A. from the University of Gent and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He joined the faculty of New York University in 2003 and was named David S. Loeb Professor of Finance in 2016 before joining the Columbia faculty in 2018.[2] His research has focused on real estate and asset pricing.
He is the recipient of the 2015 Germán Bernácer Prize, "for his influential research on the transmission of shocks in the housing market on the macro-economy and the prices of financial assets."[3] He was also an editor of The Review of Financial Studies.[4]
Urban doom loop
editVan Nieuwerburgh gained media attention when he published two papers in 2022 on how remote work has created an "urban doom loop" in major American cities.[5][6][7] He argued that remote work makes office space less valuable, causes companies to move away and lowers a city's revenue from real estate taxes, subsequently leading to a reduction in public service investment and provision. People working from home also leads to lower urban foot traffic and less retail spending, resulting in a relative increase in urban homelessness and crime, which makes people feel unsafe and leave the city, damaging the city's revenue stream and perpetuating the vicious cycle.[8]
He also saw working from home as the new normal, and forecasted "broader implications for investors in equity and debt markets, productivity and innovation, local public finances, and the climate."[9]
Van Nieuwerburgh argued that between 30 and 40 percent of New York's office space could be turned into "wonderful housing" to make the city more attractive and ease the damage from remote work.[10]
The doom loop has been used to describe many cities, including St. Louis.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ Leland, John (2023-02-08). "The Prophet of Urban Doom Says New York Still Has a Chance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ "Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh - CV" (PDF). www0.gsb.columbia.edu.
- ^ "School News | Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh | 2015 Bernácer Prize - NYU Stern". www.stern.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ "Editorial Board". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn (November 2022). "The Remote Work Revolution: Impact on Real Estate Values and the Urban Environment". National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series. doi:10.3386/w30662. S2CID 253824070.
- ^ Gupta, Arpit; Mittal, Vrinda; Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn (2022-11-26). "Work From Home and the Office Real Estate Apocalypse". SSRN 4124698.
- ^ Court, Emma; Borak, Donna (February 12, 2023). "Remote Work Is Costing Manhattan More Than $12 Billion a Year". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Jonas, Michael (2023-01-31). "Could Boston face an 'urban doom loop'?". CommonWealth Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ McGahey, Richard (2022-12-07). "Cities Face Long-Term Neglect, Not Just A Real Estate 'Doom Loop'". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ Levitt, David M. (2023-02-21). "Why Tech's Troubles Might Not Be So Bad for Manhattan's Office Market". Commercial Observer. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
- ^ McDermott, Kevin (June 27, 2023). "St. Louis Is the Struggling Downtown You Haven't Heard Of — and Right-Wing Policies Are Making Things Worse". Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Konrad Putzier (April 9, 2024). "The Real Estate Nightmare Unfolding in Downtown St. Louis". Wall Street Journal. Photographs by Eric Lee.