Eric FESSELMEYER
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Economics (Education) Urban Fellow (Urban Growth)
Qualifications
- PhD in Economics, University of Virginia, 2008
- MA in Economics, Duke University, 1999
Research Interests
- Urban Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Singapore Housing Market
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Big Questions
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsEric Fesselmeyer is a leading scholar in environmental and urban economics, with extensive research on housing markets, climate impacts, and urban development across Singapore and the United States.
Bridges rigorous econometric analysis with real-world urban and environmental policy challenges; recognized for impactful research on climate adaptation, housing economics, and urban development; actively contributes to public discourse and policy through media, consulting, and outreach; combines academic excellence with practical engagement in Singapore and internationally.
Focused research areas include Impacts of urban heat and climate change on economic activity; residential sorting and housing prices; density and urban sprawl; segregation and homeownership gaps; public transit valuation; environmental risk and resource exploitation; policy analysis for urban and real estate markets.
Bridges rigorous econometric analysis with real-world urban and environmental policy challenges; recognized for impactful research on climate adaptation, housing economics, and urban development; actively contributes to public discourse and policy through media, consulting, and outreach; combines academic excellence with practical engagement in Singapore and internationally.
Focused research areas include Impacts of urban heat and climate change on economic activity; residential sorting and housing prices; density and urban sprawl; segregation and homeownership gaps; public transit valuation; environmental risk and resource exploitation; policy analysis for urban and real estate markets.
Areas of Expertise
Environmental economicsurban economicsreal estate economicseconometricshousing marketsclimate change adaptationurban developmentempirical analysis of economic activity and policy.
Past Awarded Grant
- 2024 Singapore Management University Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), $18,500
- 2022 Singapore Management University, $7,000
- 2021 Monmouth University Leon Hess Business School Summer Research Grant, $2,000
- 2019 Singapore Ministry of Education, Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1, "How Do Weather Shocks Impact Singaporeans? Learning about the Nation's Adaptation to Climate Change," $125,025
- 2018 National University of Singapore, Department of Economics, "How Do Weather Shocks Impact Singaporeans?", $15,000
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- S Borsky, E FesselmeyerJournal of Environmental Economics and Management, 103299, 2026
- E Fesselmeyer, H Liu, A Salvo, RPB SimorangkirThe Economic Journal 134 (664), 3445-3460, 2024
- S Borsky, E Fesselmeyer, L VogelsangJournal of Environmental Economics and Management 127, 103014, 2024
- E Fesselmeyer, H Liu, L PocoJournal of Regional Science 64 (2), 406-427, 2024
- E Fesselmeyer, H Liu, A SalvoJournal of Applied Econometrics 37 (2), 330-350, 2022
- Exploring the Empirical Relationship Between Inner-City Blight and Urban Sprawl in the United States [2022]E Fesselmeyer, KY SeahCityscape 24 (2), 9-22, 2022
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Qualifications
- PhD in Economics, University of Virginia, 2008
- MA in Economics, Duke University, 1999
Research Interests
- Urban Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Singapore Housing Market
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Big Questions