# Stern Faculty Go to Washington to Discuss Housing and the Economy

NYU Stern [Finance](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/finance) Professor [Matthew Richardson](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/matthew-richardson) (above at the podium) speaks about reforming mortgage finance at a Conference on the GSEs, Housing and the Economy, hosted by Stern's [Salomon Center](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/salomon-center-for-the-study-of-financial-institutions) and the Center for Financial Policy at the University at Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business on January 24, 2011.

Finance Professor [Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh) presented on the macroeconomic effects on housing, and Professors [Viral Acharya](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/viral-acharya) and [Lawrence White](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white) led a discussion on the Issues for GSE Reform.

These four professors are the co-authors of a forthcoming book on GSEs, [Guaranteed to Fail](/guaranteed-to-fail-book), to be published in March 2011.
- [More information on the event>>](http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/cfp/events/2011/GSE2011/index.aspx)
- [Read the John Gapper's column in the Financial Times on Fannie and Freddie>>](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6f9b0b94-2986-11e0-bb9b-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F6f9b0b94-2986-11e0-bb9b-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stern.nyu.edu%2FEvents%2FCON_024515#axzz1CLElL2pk)

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— 1/24/2011

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