Nestor Garza, Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Accounting, Finance, and Economics
Email: ngarza@csudh.edu
Phone: (310) 243-2244
Contact Preference: Email
Areas of Expertise
Urban Economics, Latin America, Land Markets and Policy, Economic Geography, History of Economic Thought
Professional Background
Dr. Garza is an economist with more than 20 years of experience, including 14 years of full time graduate and undergraduate university teaching. His expertise is in urban and real estate conomics, including the spatial analysis of land markets and taxation. Other areas of research are economic geography and forest conservation.
Dr. Garza is a successful researcher with a proven track record of grant awards from diverse agencies including the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), and the Internet Association. He is a consultant for government and industry on a wide range of urban and regional development topics, including land use regulation, industrial development and criminality.
Languages
English, Spanish
Education
Ph.D., Land Economy, University of Cambridge
M.Sc., Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Related News Stories
Real Estate Economics: Why is Housing So Expensive?, Microlecture (YouTube), 2022
Between Housing as a Right and an Asset (Spanish), El Heraldo, 2017
City, Market, and Housing: Beyond the Macroeconomic, (Spanish), El Heraldo, 2017
