Olivier Schöni

Olivier Schöni is Assistant Professor at the department of finance, insurance, and real estate of the Laval University in Quebec, Canada.

Current areas of research include:

Urban economics:

• capitalization rates and housing supply; political fragmentation and urban sprawl. Real estate: estimation of intrinsic real option value; determinants of real option exercise.

Housing policies:

• geographic distribution of housing subsidies.

Publications

Articles

• Büchler, S., Von Ehrlich, M., & Schöni, O. (2021). The amplifying effect of capitalization rates on housing supply. Journal of Urban Economics, 126, 103370.
• Hilber, C. A. L., & Schöni, O. (2020). On the economic impacts of constraining second home investments. Journal of Urban Economics, 118, 103266.
• Schöni, O. (2020). Do long distance moves discourage homeownership? Evidence from England, with C.Hilber and S. Ha. Journal of Housing Economics.
• Beer, M., Schöni, O., & Brachinger, H. W. (2018). A formal framework for hedonic elementary price indices. AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 102(1), 67-93.
• Ehrlich, M. V., Hilber, C. A., & Schöni, O. (2018). Institutional settings and urban sprawl: Evidence from Europe. Journal of Housing Economics, 42, 4-18.
• Hilber, C., & Schöni, O. (2016). Housing Policies in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the United States: Lessons Learned. Cityspace, 18(3), 291-332.

Communications in a Conference Without Proceedings

• Schöni, O. (2021). Intrinsic Real Option Value: Empirical Evidence from Commercial Real Estate Investors. 10th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association (Virtual).
• Schöni, O. (2020). Redevelopment Option Value for Commercial Real Estate. 48th AREUEA National Conference (Virtual).
• Schöni, O. (2019). The Amplifying Effect of Capitalization Rates on Housing Supply. 14th Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Philadelphie, United States of America.

Submitted Case Studies

• Hilbert, C., & Schöni, O. (2021). In the United Kingdom, homeownership has fallen while renting is on the rise.

Research Reports

• Von Ehrlich, M., Schöni, O., & Büchler , S. (2018). On the Responsiveness of Housing Development to Rent and Price Changes: Evidence From Switzerland. State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Working Papers

• Blöchlige, H., Hilber, C., Schöni, O., & Von Ehrlich, M. (2017). Local Taxation, Land Use Regulation, and Land Use. OECD Economics Department.