Nicholas B. Irwin, Ph.D.
Research Director at the Lied Center for Real Estate
Associate Professor of Economics
Biography
Dr. Nicholas B. Irwin serves as the Research Director at the Lied Center and leads the Center’s work on public-facing policy briefs and rigorous academic research. He is also the S.J. Hall Faculty Fellow and an associate professor of economics at UNLV.
He specializes in the fields of housing, urban, and environmental economics with his work often appearing in internationally recognized journals across these areas including the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Research, and Regional Science and Urban Economics.
His research examines behavioral spillovers in the decision-making of homeowners and how the housing market responds to information shocks related to environmental hazards and changes to public goods. His commentary and research are often featured in local and national media outlets, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, KNPR’s State of Nevada, and the Associated Press, among others.
Education
Ph.D., Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University
M.S., Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University
M.A., Economics, American University B.A., Economics, The Ohio State University
