Peng (Peter) Liu

Peng (Peter) Liu

Professor of Real Estate and Finance

Singapore Tourism Board Distinguished Professor in Asian Hospitality Management
Nolan School of Hotel Administration · Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

About

Peng (Peter) Liu is Professor of Real Estate and Finance at Cornell’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration and an inaugural faculty member of the Rubacha Department of Real Estate. I study how financial markets value and finance real assets, from real estate and hotels to REITs, securitized debt, and commodities.

He directs the Cornell–Peking University MMH/MBA dual degree and serves as Faculty Research Director of the Cornell SC Johnson Center for Real Estate and Finance. His work focuses on how financial markets value and finance real assets.

  • Real estate finance
  • REITs
  • Hotel asset markets
  • CMBS & securitization
  • Commodities
  • Applied econometrics

Selected research

Recent work on the valuation, financing, and operation of real assets.

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Teaching

Courses and programs at the intersection of finance, real estate, and hospitality.

All teaching
HADM 6200

Principles of Real Estate

An introduction to real estate markets, investment, and finance.

MBA

Real Estate Finance

Capital markets and financial decision-making for real assets.

MMH/MBA

Cornell–Peking University dual degree

Academic leadership for the joint hospitality and business program.