Anthony W. Orlando teaches and conducts research at the intersection of business, economics, and law.
He is an Associate Professor in the Finance, Real Estate, & Law Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His latest book, Keeping Races in Their Places: The Dividing Lines That Shaped the American City (2021), weaves together sophisticated statistical analyses of more than a century’s worth of data with an engaging, accessible narrative that brings the numbers to life, in order to expose the entrenched effects of redlining on American communities.
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Anthony holds the titles of Singelyn Fellow of Analytics in the CPP College of Business Administration, Faculty Affiliate of the Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise at the University of Southern California, and Faculty Affiliate of the USC Political Institutions and Political Economy Collaborative. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles, and he serves on the Public Finance Authority Board for the La Verne Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District.
Orlando received his bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a master’s in economic history from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a master’s in professional writing from the University of Southern California. He holds a Ph.D. in public policy and management from the USC Price School of Public Policy.
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His latest academic publication in real estate, “Factors Affecting Spillover Impacts of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Developments: An Analysis of Los Angeles,” appears in the latest issue of Cityscape. Other recent work includes an article in the Journal of Urban Affairs assessing how land use may change as cities adapt to the post-pandemic future; an article in the Journal of Housing Economics estimating the effect of LIHTC developments on surrounding house prices in Chicago; and an article in Real Estate Economics measuring the returns to scale in residential construction and the effects of building height limits.
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His latest work in finance, “Measuring the COVID-19 Financial Threat to Hospital Markets,” was published in Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. Other recent work includes a working paper estimating the effect of county-level conforming loan limits on mortgage supply and housing prices; a working paper measuring the effect of monetary policy decisions on the distribution of housing prices; and a working paper studying the intersection of hedge funds, systemic risk, and the market for mortgage-backed securities.
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His latest work in public policy, “Demographic Diversity of Genetic Databases Used in Alzheimer’s Disease Research,” was published in Human Genetics. Other recent work includes an Economic Roundtable report on unemployment and homelessness in the COVID economy; an article in the Indiana Health Law Review proposing a new legal framework to protect relatives of genetic database subjects; and an article in Trends in Genetics outlining how to prevent genetic discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In the entertainment industry, Orlando has produced the feature films Autumn Lights and Lazy Eye. From 2017 to 2018, he hosted and produced the podcast “Our American Discourse,” sponsored by the USC Bedrosian Center.