Karl E. Case
Katherine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics, Wellesley College
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Education:
Ph.D., economics, Harvard University
Summary of Experience:
Professor Case's research has focused on real estate, housing, and public finance. He is author or co-author of five books including Principles of Economics, Economics and Tax Policy and Property Taxation: The Need for Reform, and has published numerous articles in professional journals. He has also authored several studies that attempt to isolate the causes and consequences of boom and bust cycles and their relationship to regional economic performance. Professor Case is a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a founding partner of the real estate research firm Fiserv Case Shiller Weiss, Inc. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), Century Bank, and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association in 2003 and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives.