November 30 - December 1, 2017, Atlanta

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Georgia State University Department of Real Estate are hosting a two-day real estate finance conference on November 30 - December 1, 2017, at the Reserve Bank. The conference will be on real estate finance broadly defined, including topics on both residential and commercial markets. The conference aims to bring together researchers and policymakers who work on these issues to explore recent advances in the field, to increase awareness of the subject and to influence policy making by regulators and central banks.

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Completed papers or detailed abstracts may be submitted via email attachment to RealEstateCenter@atl.frb.org. Ph.D. students should include the name of their thesis advisor in the e-mail if they are submitting an incomplete paper. The submission deadline for papers and detailed abstracts is September 1, 2017. Acceptance for presentation will be communicated by September 30, 2017. The conference will pay normal transportation and hotel expenses for one presenter and one discussant per selected paper (non-Federal Reserve employees only).

FURTHER INFORMATION: Please contact Carl Hudson at RealEstateCenter@atl.frb.org

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
James Conklin, University of Georgia
W. Scott Frame, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Carl Hudson, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Gonzalo Maturana, Emory University
Shane Sherlund, Federal Reserve Board
Vincent Yao, Georgia State University