# CGEB-CREFR Conference on China's Real Estate Markets

1 April 17, 2015 ![Conference on China's Real Estate Markets](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/China-Real-Estate_article.jpg?itok=VDobg9Oo)>

On April 17, NYU Stern’s [Center for Global Economy and Business](/node/607) (CGEB) and [Center for Real Estate Finance Research ](/node/43677)(CREFR) co-hosted the Conference on China's Real Estate Markets. Led by Professors [Jennifer Carpenter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jennifer-carpenter) and [Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh), director of CREFR, the conference brought together leading experts on China's real estate markets for an in-depth discussion of the origins of the Chinese property boom and a study of its consequences for the Chinese macro-economy, financial institutions and markets, government and the rest of the world. Nobel Laureate and Professor [Michael Spence](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/a-michael-spence) delivered the lunchtime keynote talk, and Professors Jennifer Carpenter, [Paul Romer](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/paul-romer), Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh and [Robert Whitelaw](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/robert-whitelaw) served as moderators for panel discussions.

[A complete overview](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/CCREM%20-%20Conference%20Summary_0.pdf) of the conference presentations can be found on the [CREFR website](/node/43677).

Professor [Kim Schoenholtz](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kim-schoenholtz), director of CGEB, also highlighted the conference discussions in a recent [article](http://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2015/4/27/residential-real-estate-in-china-the-delicate-balance-of-supply-and-demand) on his blog.