Cynthia A. Kroll, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics

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Curriculum Vitae (including publications)

Cynthia A. Kroll, Sr. Regional Economist

Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics
Haas School of Business F602
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720-6105

 (510) 643-6112 (office)   (510) 643-7357 (fax)
kroll@haas.berkeley.edu (e-mail)

 

    EDUCATION

    Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley, 1981

    Major Fields:     Regional Development, Economic Theory
    Dissertation:     The Local Distributional Impacts of Coal Development in the Northern Great Plains

    M.C.P., City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley, 1974

    Major Field:  Environmental Planning

    A.B., Social Science and Art, with Honors, University of California at Berkeley, 1971

 

    PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Senior Regional Economist, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley (since 1983)

Guest Faculty, Urban Land Institute Real Estate School, Market Analysis Class (1987, 1990, 1997, 1999)

Adjunct Lecturer, City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley (1985-87, 1996)

Development Specialist, Acting Deputy Director, California Office of Economic Policy, Planning and Research, San Francisco (1981-1983)

Regional Planner, Association of Bay Area Governments, Berkeley, Metropolitan Demonstration Program in Economic Development (1980-1981)

Urban Analyst, Center for Resource and Environmental Systems Studies, SRI International, Menlo Park (1974-1980)

 

  BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

Bay Area Economic Forum, Research Council. Since 2007

East Bay Forecast Advisory Team  Economic Development Alliance for Business. Since 2002.

Editorial Board, Bay Area Economic Pulse Quarterly Economic Publication from the Bay Area Council, the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the Bay Area Economic Forum. Since 1995.

Member, State Controller’s Economic Advisory Council  1995 to 2003

Advisory Committee to Lawrence Livermore Laboratory on the Economic Impacts of the National Ignition Facility (1996)

 

  SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Global Tourism and Real Estate." Paper Presented to the Sloan Industry Studies Conference. May 2008. http://web.mit.edu/is08/pdf/kroll.pdf (With Ashok Bardhan, Jackie Begley, and Nathan George.)

Human Capital in the Bay Area. Bay Area Council, Economic Institute. 2008. http://www.bayeconfor.org/media/files/pdf/HumanCapitalintheBayAreaWeb.pdf (with Jennifer Susskind)

"Services Trade and Professional, Scientific and Technical Firms: A Survey of Small to Medium-Sized California Firms" (July 1, 2007). Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics. Fisher Center Working Papers: Paper 302. http://repositories.cdlib.org/iber/fcreue/fcwp/302 (with Jackie Begley)

"Factors Driving the Silicon Valley Housing Market in 2007" (June 28, 2007). Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics. Fisher Center Research Reports: Report #0607. http://repositories.cdlib.org/iber/fcreue/reports/0607 

"Globalization and Real Estate: Issues, Implications, Opportunities " (April 1, 2007). Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics. Fisher Center Research Reports: Report #0407. http://repositories.cdlib.org/iber/fcreue/reports/0407 (with Ashok Bardhan)

"Globalization of Services and White-Collar Work--Implications for Firms, Employment and Wages," Globalization Comes Home, Praeger Press, forthcoming.

"Services Export Opportunities for California -- A Preliminary Assessment," Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics. Fisher Center Working Papers: Paper 300.  November 1, 2006. http://repositories.cdlib.org/iber/fcreue/fcwp/300 (with Ashok Bardhan)

"Competitiveness and an Emerging Sector: The Russian Software Industry and its Global Linkages," Industry and Innovations, Volume 13, No. 1: 69-95, March 2006. (with Ashok Bardhan)

"Services Trade and California Employment: Implications for State Policy," Policy Report to the California Policy Research Center, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, November 2005. (With Ashok Deo Bardhan and Dwight Jaffee)

"State and Metropolitan Area Impacts of the Offshore Outsourcing of Business Services and IT," Working Paper 293. Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, June 2005

Globalization and a High-Tech Economy: California, The United States, and Beyond, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Hingham, MA, 2004 (with Ashok Deo Bardhan and Dwight M. Jaffee).

The New Wave of Outsourcing,” Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Fall 2003 (with Ashok Deo Bardhan).

The Impact of Construction-Defect Litigation on Condominium Development (detailed findings and policy brief), California Policy Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, October 2002 (with Larry Rosenthal, David Howe, Robert Edelstein, John Quigley, Nan Zhou).

“The Bubble Has Burst—How Will California Fare?” Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Spring 2001 (with Dwight Jaffee).

“Strong California Economy Transforms the Office Sector,” Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Fall 2000 (with David Howe).

“The Internet, E-Commerce, and the Real Estate Industry,” Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Spring 2000 (with Ashok Bardhan and Dwight Jaffee).

“Expanding Economic Development Resources with the World Wide Web:  The Case of CEDAR." Working Paper 00-270, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, February 2000.

“Housing Crisis.Com:  Housing Disparities in the New Economy,” Bay Area Economic Pulse, Volume 5, Issue 1, Winter 2000.

“The San Francisco Bay Area,” in W.S. McGreal, ed., Cities in the Pacific Rim:  Planning Systems and Property Markets, Taylor & Francis Books, Ltd., London, 1999.

“The Real Estate Industry and the World Wide Web:  Changing Technology, Changing Location,” Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Spring 1999 (with Ashok Bardhan).

CEDAR Web Site Evaluation:  Final Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, March 1999 (with Ashok Bardhan and Josh Kirschenbaum).

Foreign Trade and California’s Economic Growth (full report and policy brief), California Policy Seminar, Berkeley, forthcoming (with Dwight Jaffee, Ashok Bardhan, Josh Kirschenbaum and David Howe).

“Global Linkages, High Tech Sectors, and the Bay Area Economy,” Economic Pulse, Bay Area Council, Bay Area Economic Forum and Association of Bay Area Governments, San Francisco, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring 1998.

“Foreign Trade and California's Economic Growth:  A Summary of Findings and Directions for Policy,” Working Paper 98-263. Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, March 1998

“The Integration of Trade into California Industry:  Case Studies of the Computer Cluster and the Food Processing Industry,” Working Paper 98-260. Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, February 1998 (with Josh Kirschenbaum)

 A Global Reshaping of the Computer Industry,” Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Winter 1997/98 (with Ashok Bardhan)

California Real Estate Recovery Begins as Economy Expands,” Research Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Spring 1997 (with Robert Edelstein)

“Assessing the Reemerging California Economy,” Real Estate Finance, 13: 3, pp. 23-38, Fall 1996 (with Robert Edelstein)

Examining the Role of Travel and Tourism in California’s Economy,” Quarterly Report, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California at Berkeley, April 1996 (with Ashok Bardhan).

“The Growing Role of Foreign Trade in California’s Economy,” Working Paper 95-239, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, October 1995 (with Ashok Bardhan and Dwight Jaffee).

“Defense Industry Conversion, Base Closure and the California Economy:  A Review of Research and Planning Activities for Recovery,”  Working Paper 94-226, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, November 1994 (with Josh Kirschenbaum, Mary Corley, and Lyn Harlan).

 “Defense Industry Conversion, Base Closure and the California Economy:  A Review of the Literature and Annotated Bibliography,”  Working Paper 94-225, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, November 1994 (with Ted Bradshaw, Mary Corley, Josh Kirschenbaum, and Lyn Harlan).

 "Recovering from Defense Cuts," in John J. Kirlin and Jeffrey I. Chapman, editors, California Policy Choices, Volume 9, 1994 (with Mary Corley).

 "The Measurement of Effective Rent,"  in James R. DeLisle and J. Sa-Aadu, editors, Appraisal, Market Analysis and Public Policy in Real Estate, Real Estate Research Issues, Volume 1, 1994 (with Sam Taff).

 "Defense Spending, California Employment and the State's Future."  Working Paper 93-218, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, October 1993 (with Mary M. Corley and Christopher Weare).

 "Company Relocations and Southern California Job Loss," Quarterly Report, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, December 1992 (with Ayse Pamuk).

 The Effects of Overhead Transmission Lines on Property Values, Edison Electric Institute Siting and Environmental Planning Task Force, Washington D.C., July 1992 (with Thomas Priestley).

 "Housing Prices and the Location Choice of Firms:  Implications for Economic Growth," Berkeley Planning Journal, Volume 7, 1992 (with John D. Landis).

 "Housing Prices and the Location Choice of Firms:  Implications for Economic Growth."  Working Paper 91-189, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, April 1991 (with John D. Landis).

 "Household Responses to High Home Prices:  An Analysis of Recent Movers,"  Working Paper 91-188, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, February 1991 (with John D. Landis).

 "Economic Impacts of the Loma Prieta Earthquake:  A Focus on Small Business,"  in The Socioeconomic Impacts of Disasters, Proceedings of the Fourth International Research and Training Seminar on Regional Development Planning for Disaster Prevention, Nagoya, Japan, October 1990.

 "The Central Valley:  Changing Economic Structure and the Costs of Doing Business."  Working Paper 90-181, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, September 1990 (with George Goldman and Maeve Phelan).

 "Office Tenants and San Jose's Transforming Downtown,"  Working Paper 89-168, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, October 1989 (with Davida Amenta).

 "The Southern California Growth War of 1988," in Richard Kirlin, ed., California Policy Choices, Volume 5, University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles, 1989 (with John Landis).

 "The San Francisco Bay Area Economy:  A Profile of the Region as it Approaches the 1990s," Working Paper 89-160, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, May 1989 (with Efza Evrengil).

 The Bay Area Economy:  A Region at Risk, Bay Area Economic Forum, San Francisco, March 1989 (with Raymond Brady and Tappan Munroe).

 "Assessing the Impacts of Residential Growth Caps - The San Diego Experience," Working Paper 88-149, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, September 1988 (with John D. Landis, Bruce Griesenbeck, Timothy Stroshane and Dena Belzer).

 "Estimating the Housing Price Effects of Alternative Growth Management Strategies in the City of San Diego," Working Paper 88-148, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, September 1988 (with John D. Landis, Bruce Griesenbeck, and Efza Evrengil).

 "Economic Conditions and Forces of Change in San Joaquin County," Working Paper 88-147, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, September 1988 (with Elizabeth W. Morris).

 "The Tenant Base of R&D Space:  Responses in a Changing Market," Working Paper 87-122, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, May 1987.

 "The Santa Clara Valley R&D Dilemma:  The Real Estate Industry and High Tech Growth," Working Paper 86-116, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, October 1986 (with Linda Kimball).

 "Industrial Real Estate and Growth Dynamics in Silicon Valley," Presentation to Silicon Valley Research Group Conference on Silicon Valley: The Future, University of California, Santa Cruz, October 1986.

 New Jobs for the Timber Region:  Economic Diversification for Northern California, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1986 (with Dena Belzer).

"Economic Growth and Change in the San Francisco Bay Area," paper presented to the INTA-10 International Conference, San Francisco, September 1986.

Social and Economic Effects of Coal Development on the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Consultant Report, Oakland, May 1986 (with Mara Feeney, Elin Quigley and Carlos Villalva).

"Suburban Squeeze II:  Responses to Suburban Employment Growth," Working Paper 86-110, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, April 1986.

"Metropolitan Spillover and California's Central Valley," Working Paper 85-106, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, December 1985.

"California Office Space:  The 1984 Record and 1985 Outlook," Working Paper 85-98, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, July 1985.

"Siting Retail Space in the 1980s:  A California Perspective," Working Paper 85-96, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, May 1985 (with Eileen Marrinan).

"California Retail Sales:  Growth Patterns and Locational Tendencies," Working Paper 85-95, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, May 1985 (with Eileen Marrinan).

"Suburban Office Markets and Regional Employment Growth," Berkeley Planning Journal, Volume 1, 1984.

"Employment Growth and Office Space Along the 680 Corridor:  Booming Supply and Potential Demand in a Suburban Area," Working Paper 84-75, Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, February 1984.

"Employment Growth in the Finance Industry,"  California Office of Economic Policy, Planning and Research, San Francisco, December 1982.

"Regional Effects of an Energy Policy:  The Case of Coal and Oil in the Western United States,"  Chapter 6 in Michael Bell and Paul Lande, Regional Dimensions of Industrial Policy, Lexington Books, Lexington, 1982.

Silicon Valley and Beyond:  High Technology Growth for the San Francisco Bay Area, Working Papers on the Region's Economy, No. 2, Association of Bay Area Governments, Oakland, December 1981 (with Patrick Mason and Eric Parfrey).

Bay Area Office Growth, Working Papers on the Region's Economy, No. 1, Association of Bay Area Governments, Oakland, December 1981 (with Laura Henze and Patrick Mason).

"The Social Impacts of Earthquake Prediction:  Anticipating Social Response from Past Experience in Disaster," Working Paper, SRI International, Menlo Park, November 1975.

"Seismic Zoning," Working Paper, SRI International, Menlo Park, November 1975.

  February 2006