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Lan Deng

Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

Office: 1248B

landeng@umich.edu

Teaching Areas:

  • Housing
  • Real Estate
  • Urban Economics

Lan Deng's teaching and research interests are in the areas of housing economics and policy, urban economics, real estate development and finance, and local public finance. Her current research includes: the economic efficiency and neighborhood outcome of various federal low-income housing programs, the supply dynamics of multifamily housing production, the relationships between macro-economic growth, regional investment, and neighborhood change. She currently teaches: real estate and urban development, housing systems, fiscal planning and management. Professor Deng holds a Ph.D. in city and regional planning (2004) from University of California, Berkeley, an M.S. (1999), and B.S. (1996) in geography from Beijing University.