Robert Shiller might know he is hot in China, but he probably doesn't know just how hot.

At the second Nobel Economists Summit of China, which he attended over the weekend, he seemed overwhelmed by the number of questions thrown at him - along with the occasional request for an autograph - from journalists who usually try to be seen as professional.

Given this was his first China trip after receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics last year, and factoring in Chinese people's obsession with the Nobel, the enthusiasm he received was understandable.