Steven.Bourassa@louisville.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests:

• Housing and neighborhood planning
• Quantitative methods
• Urban and regional economics

Book Chapters and Journal Articles:

• “China’s urban housing reform: recent achievements and new inequities” (with Yingshun Zhao), Housing Studies, vol. 18, no. 5 (2003), pp. 721-744.
• “Restitution of land to New Zealand Maori: the role of social structure” (with Ann Louise Strong), Pacific Affairs, vol. 75, no. 2 (2002), pp. 227-260.
• “Restitution of fishing rights to Maori: issues of representation, social justice and community development” (with Ann Louise Strong), Asia Pacific Viewpoint, vol. 41, no. 2 (2000), pp. 155-175.
• “Hedonic prices and house numbers: the influence of feng shui” (with Vincent S. Peng), International Real Estate Review, vol. 2, no. 1 (1999), pp. 79-93.
• “Assessing betterment under a public premium leasehold system: principles and practice in Canberra” (with Max Neutze and Ann Louise Strong), Journal of Property Research, vol. 14, no. 1 (1997), pp. 49-68.
•  “Managing publicly owned urban land in Canberra: rural to urban changes of use” (with Max Neutze and Ann Louise Strong), Land Use Policy, vol. 13, no. 4 (1996), pp. 273-288.
• “Australian capital city real house prices, 1979-1993” (with Patric H. Hendershott), Australian Economic Review, no. 111 (3rd Quarter 1995), pp. 16-26.
• “The impacts of borrowing constraints on home ownership in Australia,” Urban Studies, vol. 32, no. 7 (1995), pp. 1163-1173.
• “A model of housing tenure choice in Australia,” Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 37, no. 2 (1995), pp. 161-175.
• “The limits of housing policy: home ownership in Australia” (with Alastair W. Greig and Patrick N. Troy), Housing Studies, vol. 10, no. 1 (1995), pp. 83-104.
• “Gender, marital status, and homeownership in Australia,” Journal of Housing Economics, vol. 3, no. 3 (1994), pp. 220-239.
• “Independent living and home ownership: an analysis of Australian youth” (with Donald R. Haurin, R. Jean Haurin, and Patric H. Hendershott), Australian Economic Review, no. 107 (3rd Quarter 1994), pp. 29-44.
• “Immigration and housing tenure choice in Australia,” Journal of Housing Research, vol. 5, no. 1 (1994), pp. 117-137.
• “On the equity effects of taxing imputed rent: evidence from Australia” (with Patric H. Hendershott), Housing Policy Debate, vol. 5, no. 1 (1994), pp. 73-95.
• “Australian real housing costs, 1979-1992” (with Patric H. Hendershott), Urban Futures: Issues for Australian Cities, vol. 3, no. 2 (September 1993), pp. 33-37.
• “Exploring the Australian scene: observations on landscape aesthetics and painting,” Voices: The Quarterly Journal of the National Library of Australia, vol. 2, no. 4 (1992/93), pp. 20-34.
• “Changes in the relative incentives to invest in housing: Australia, Sweden, and the United States” (with Patric H. Hendershott), Journal of Housing Economics, vol. 2, no. 1 (1992), pp. 60-83.

Books:

• The Aesthetics of Landscape, translated by Feng Peng, Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2006 [in Chinese] [in press].
• Public Land Leasing: Policy Debates and International Experiences (edited with Yu-Hung Hong), Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2003.

Research and Educational Grants:

• Jiujiang Municipal Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, for a training program for Jiujiang municipal officials, 2005 [winner of Sister Cities International Innovation Award for Sustainable Development]