October 12th, 2009
Real Estate Professor Honored by Toulouse Mayor
Professor François Ortalo-Magné, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, is being given the “Lauriers de la recherché” award, which translates to “research laurels,” by the mayor of Toulouse, France, for his research in real estate and economics.
Ortalo-Magné received an MS in Agricultural Technology and Management from Ecole Supérieure d’Agriculture de Purpan in Toulouse, France, and his PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota. He holds the Robert E. Wangard chair in Real Estate at UW-Madison. He is a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Urban Economics and the Journal of Housing Economics, among other affiliations. His work has been printed in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Journal of Urban Economics and The Review of Economic Studies.