Edwin S.
Mills, Ph.D.
Dr. Mills is Professor Emeritus of Real Estate and Finance
at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of
Management and the former Director of the Gutherie Center
for Real Estate Research at Kellogg. He is among the
nation’s preeminent economists in the field of real estate
policy and finance, and has held academic positions at
M.I.T., Johns Hopkins, and Princeton University. He was a
long-time editor of the Journal of Urban Economics and has
served on the editorial boards of The Journal of Real
Estate Finance and Economics and the Journal of Housing
Economics. The Real Estate Investment Association has
awarded him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr. Mills’ textbook Urban Economics is one of the primary
texts in the urban literature. He is the author of over 100
professional journal articles, reports, and books on urban
economic topics, including residential and commercial real
estate purchases, rentals, and supply; causes and
limitations to urban economic growth; financial regulation;
and various urban public policies.
Dr. Mills has been an expert witness in several cases,
which have provided him with extensive litigation
experience. His current research projects include commuting
patterns in U.S. metropolitan areas, government policy
effects on inner cities, and the relationships between
governments and businesses in Massachusetts.