David Le Bris is an associate professor in finance at the Toulouse Business School. His research focuses on financial history, including real estate. He has recently published “Quelle gouvernance pour le financement immobilier ? Le cas du Crédit foncier de France au XIXe siècle” in Revue d’Économie Politique (vol. 126, no. 4, 2016), and “Comment donner une valeur à l’immobilier?” in Histoire & Mesure (vol. 31, no. 1, 2016).