Mortgages: How did the subprime problem become everybody's problem?

Speakers

John Quigley
I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor of Economics

Professor Quigley holds professorial appointments in the Department of Economics, the Haas School of Business, and the Goldman School of Public Policy. He has served as chairman of the Department of Economics and as chair of the Academic Senate. Quigley has authored more than a dozen books and more than 100 scientific publications on issues including public finance and taxation, and on real estate, mortgage and financial markets. He served as president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and vice president of the Association for Public Policy and Management.
His bachelor’s degree is from the U.S. Air Force Academy; he completed graduate work at the University of Stockholm and Harvard University.

Dr. Cynthia Kroll
Senior Regional Economist, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics

Dr. Kroll’s research includes the global position of California’s economy, globalization and the real estate industry, and the transforming housing market. In addition to her 20 years at the Fisher Center, she has also worked for the state’s Office of Economic Research, the Association of Bay Area Governments, SRI International, as an adjunct lecturer in the UC Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning, and as an independent consultant.
She holds master’s and doctoral degrees from Berkeley’s Department of City and Regional Planning.