Bennie

Waller

Instructor of Finance and Real Estate

William Cary Hulsey Faculty Fellow

Economics, Finance, & Legal Studies

Education

Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Mississippi, 1998

Selected Publications

“Sex and Selling: Real Estate Agent Gender, Bargaining, House Price and Liquidity.” (With Duong Pham and Geoffrey K. Turnbull.) Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 2022.

“Mitigating Agency Costs in the Housing Market.” (With Geoffrey K. Turnbull and Scott A. Wentland.) Real Estate Economics. 2021.

“Why Disclose Less Information? Toward Resolving a Disclosure Puzzle in the Housing Market.” (With Xun Bian, Justin Contat, and Scott A. Wentland.) Journal of Finance Real Estate and Economics. 2021.

“Foreclosure Externalities and Home Liquidity.” (With Xun Bian, Raymond T. Brastow, and Scott A. Wentland.) Real Estate Economics. 2021.

“Restrictions versus Amenities: The Differential Impact of Homeowners Associations on Property Marketability.” (With Kimberly Goodwin, and Claire Reeves LaRoche.) Journal of Property Research. 2020.

“Properties that transact at/or above listing price: Better broker, strategic pricing or just dumb luck?” (With Geoffrey K. Turnbull, and Velma Zahirovic-Herbert.) Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 2020.

“Who Benefits from Targeted Property Tax Relief: Evidence from Virginia Elections?” (With Jeremy G. Moulton, and Scott A. Wentland.) Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2018.

“(What) do top performing real estate agents deliver for their clients?” (With Geoffrey K. Turnbull.) Journal of Housing Economics. 2018.

“Dynamic Spatial Externalities and Real Estate Liquidity,” (With Ray Brastow, and Scott Wentland.) Journal of Real Estate Research. 2018.

“The Role of Transaction Costs in Impeding Market Exchange in Real Estate.” (With Xun Bian, and Scott Wentland.) Journal of Housing Research. 2016.

“How Many Listings Are Too Many? Agent Listing Inventory and Sales Performance.” (With Xun Bian, and Geoffrey K. Turnbull, and Scott Wentland.) Journal of Housing Economics. 2015.

“Commission Splits in Real Estate Transactions: An Agency Problem?” (With Xun Bian, and Abdullah Yavas).Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 2015.

“Estimating the Effect of Crime Risk on Property Values and Time on Market: Evidence from Megan’s Law in Virginia.” (With Scott Wentland, and Ray Brastow.) Real Estate Economics. 2014.

“Efficiency and Incentives in Residential Brokerage.” (With Raymond T. Brastow, and Thomas Springer.) Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 2012.

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