Welcome! My name is Soon Hyeok (Steve) Choi.

I am an Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology.

New!

• It is an honor to be appointed as Director of Research Outreach for Real Estate Economics (REE), the premier journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA)

• Pricing Government Contract Risk Premia: Evidence from the 2025 Federal Lease Terminations with Cameron LaPoint (Yale) - invited for dual submit review at the Journal of Financial Economics with FRA Conference

Working Papers!

• The Winner's Curse in Housing Markets with Patrick Smith (UNC Charlotte), Adam Nowak (WVU), Alexei Tchistyi (Cornell)

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• The Importance of Networks for Career Success: Evidence from the Real Estate Industry with Patrick Smith (UNC Charlotte) & Ali Tosyali (RIT)

Upcoming!

• Old Dominion University 3rd Annual Real Estate Research Symposium

• 19th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association

• UNC CREDA Real Estate Research Symposium

• Cambridge/UF/HKU Real Estate Finance & Investment Symposium