Jeffrey P. Cohen

Professor, Real Estate and Finance at UCONN’s Center for Real Estate

Dean’s Ackerman Scholar, School of Business


Primary Research Theme

Economic and Community Development

Secondary Research Themes

Built Environment

Selected Urban-Related Publications

Cohen, J. and Harding, J. The Impact of Investors on Housing Values and Markets: The Case of Denver, Colorado. Forthcoming in Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.

Friedt, F. and Cohen, J. Valuation of Noise Pollution and Abatement Policy: Evidence from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Forthcoming in Land Economics.

Cohen, J., & LaCour-Little, M. 2020. New Perspectives on Real Estate Valuation. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 60(1-2), 1-

Cohen, J., Coughlin, C., and Zabel, J. 2020. Time-Geographically Weighted Regressions and Residential Property Value Assessment. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 60: 134-154.

Cohen, J., Coughlin, C., and Crews, J. 2019.  Traffic Noise in Georgia: Sound Levels and Inequality.  Journal of Housing Economics 44: 150-165

Cohen, J., Yang, K., Danko, J. 2019. Proximity to a Water Supply Reservoir and Dams: Is There Spatial Heterogeneity in the Effects on Housing Prices? Journal of Housing Economics 43: 14-22.

Cohen, J. P., & Brown, M. 2017. Does a new rail rapid transit line announcement affect various commercial property prices differently? Regional Science and Urban Economics, 66, 74-90.

Cohen, J. P., & Fedele, M. J. 2017. Where in Connecticut is the Best Location for a Split Tax? An Analysis of Land Assessment Equity in Several Cities. Buildings, 7(4), 108-127.

Cohen, J., Fedele, M.J. 2017. Connecticut’s Land Value Taxation Public Act: Who Would Bear the Burden? Journal of Real Estate Research, 39(1): 39-63.

Cohen, J. P., Coughlin, C. C., & Clapp, J. M. 2017. “Local Polynomial Regressions versus OLS for Generating Location Value Estimates: Which is More Efficient in Out-of-Sample Forecasts?” The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 54(3), 365-385.

Cohen, J. and P. Checko. 2017. Too Big, Too Small, or Just Right? Cost-Efficiency of Environmental Inspection Services in Connecticut. Health Services Research.

Cohen, J., Zabel, J. 2018. Local House Price Diffusion. Forthcoming in Real Estate Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6229.12241

Cohen, Jeffrey P. and Coughlin, Cletus C. and Yao, Vincent W. 2016. Sales of Distressed Residential Property: What Have We Learned from Recent Research? Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, Vol. 98, Issue 3, pp. 159-88, 2016.

Jeffrey Cohen & Yannis M. Ioannides & Win (Wirathip) Thanapisitikul, 2016. “Spatial Effects and House Price Dynamics in the U.S.A,” Journal of Housing Economics 31, 1-13.

Cohen, J., Cromley, R. G., Banach, K. T. 2015. Are Homes Near Water Bodies and Wetlands Worth More or Less? An Analysis of Housing Prices in One Connecticut Town. Growth and Change, 46(1): 114-132.

Eloff, J., Cohen, J. 2015. Airport Infrastructure Investment: Strategic Interaction or Strategic Allocation? Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, vol. 2471