Richard K. Green, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Graduate Program
The George Washington University

Richard K. Green, Ph.D., joined The George Washington University School of Business in 2004 as the Oliver T. Carr, Jr., Chair of Real Estate Finance. He pursues an active research agenda and teaches graduate-level courses.

Prior to his tenure at GW, Dr. Green taught real estate finance and economics courses for 12 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was the Wangard Faculty Scholar and Chair of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics. He also has been principal economist and director of financial strategy and policy analysis at Freddie Mac. More recently, he was a visiting professor of real estate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He is or has been involved with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Conference of Business Economists, the Center for Urban Land Economics Research, and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Dr. Green also is a Weimer Fellow at the Homer Hoyt Institute.

Dr. Green earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his A.B. in economics from Harvard University.

His research addresses housing markets, housing policy, tax policy, and home ownership issues. He is a member of two academic journal editorial boards, and a reviewer for several others. His work is published in a number of journals including the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Land Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Housing Economics, and Urban Studies. His book with Stephen Malpezzi, A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy, was recently published by Urban Institute Press. The National Association of REALTORS, the Ford Foundation, and the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy have funded grants to support some of Dr. Green’s research.

In 1995, Dr. Green was honored as “Teacher of the Year” by the University of Wisconsin Graduate Business Association.