University of Southern California

Tracey Seslen
Assistant Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-5796
Education: 
PhD, MIT; BA, Tufts University

Overview

Tracey Seslen conducts research on housing cycles, household mobility behavior, and termination risk in commercial mortgage-backed securities, and teaches real estate finance in the undergraduate, MBA, and MRED programs. She has presented her research both nationally and internationally, participating in real estate conferences from Boston to Beijing. Professor Seslen also has a strong interest in international studies, and has led groups of MBA students on trips abroad to study international business practice and culture. She received second place in the Homer Hoyt Dissertation Competition. She has consulted for Torto-Wheaton Research and Moody's in the area of commercial mortgage-backed securities.

Research

"The Investment Performance of Housing and Consumer Expectations" 2006
The Investment Performance of Housing and 'Hedonic' Spatial Equilibrium 2006
Contemporaneous Loan Stress and Default Risk: Historical Trends and Implications 2005
Contemporaneous Loan Stress and Termination Risk in the CMBS Pool: How 'Ruthless' is Default? 2005
Contemporaneous Loan Stress and Termination Risk in the CMBS Pool: How 'Ruthless' is Default? 2005
The Investment Performance of Housing and 'Hedonic' Spatial Equilibrium 2005
Neighborhood Wealth Distributions 2002
Contemporaneous Loan Stress and Default Risk in the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Pool: How 'Ruthless' is Default
Do House Price Levels Anticipate Subsequent Price Changes within Metropolitan Areas?
Housing Price Dynamics and Household Mobility Decisions
Property Tax Abatement Programs: Does Relief Really Keep Grandma in her Home?
Victoria Gardens