- Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate
- Faculty Advisor for the Real Estate Finance Track
Room
BusAd E-601j
yifan.chen@hawaii.edu
Phone
(808) 956-3389
Academic Background
- Ph.D. in Real Estate and Finance, The Pennsylvania State University, 2022
- B.A. in Finance, Renmin University of China, 2015
Courses Taught
Research Interests
Real Estate Finance and Economics
Selected Publications
Chen, Yifan, Jianhua Gang, Zongxin Qian, and Jinfan Zhang. "Rationality Test in the Housing Market: Project‐level Evidence from China." Journal of Regional Science (2022).
Chen, Yifan, Jim H. Shen and Da Zhao. "Mortgage payments and household consumption in urban China." Economic Modelling, 93 (2020): 100-111.
Awards & Honors
- Summer Research Grant, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2023
- Trepp CRE Future Leader Award, 2022
- Smeal Strong Doctoral Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2022
- Smeal Small Research Grant for Ph.D. student, The Pennsylvania State University, 2019-2020
- Summer Economics Fellowship, American Economic Association, 2019
- Real Estate Research Institute Research Travel Grant, 2018
- Valedictorian, Renmin University of China, 2015
- Study Abroad Scholarship to UC Berkeley, Renmin University of China, 2013