Benoit Lefebvre is a pan European economist at BNP Paribas Real Estate in the International Research department since 2015, in charge of economic studies and real estate forecasts in France. He holds a PhD in management sciences from Paris Dauphine University, a master’s degree in statistical and financial engineering and a master’s degree in econometrics, banking and finance. He won the Senior RENT Academic Prize (2015) that rewards post-graduate research papers that deal with innovation in the real estate industry. He teaches occasionally real estate finance and economy at the Paris 12 Val de Marne University.