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{{Short description|French economist, mathematician, and senior civil service member}}
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'''Marcel Boiteux''' (9 May 1922 – 6 September 2023) was a French economist, mathematician, and senior civil service member. He was the "architect of the French nuclear program" that created 61 nuclear reactors and kept the French electricity sector less carbon-intensive than other European countries (save Iceland).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-08 |title=Décès de Marcel Boiteux. |url=https://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2023/09/08/deces-de-marcel-boiteux |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=elysee.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
'''Marcel Boiteux''' (9 May 1922 – 6 September 2023)<ref>https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualites/deces-de-l-ancien-president-d-edf-marcel-boiteux-a-101-ans-6d540555b756b9b288e036cf72ce9226</ref> was French economist, mathematician, and senior civil service member.


Boiteux was born in [[Niort]] on 9 May 1922. He joined the [[Électricité de France|EDF]] in 1949 as a student of [[Maurice Allais]], and remained there for the rest of his career. In 1959, Marcel Boiteux became the President of the Econometric Society. From 1967 through 1987, he was the director of EDF. He theorizes and implements the price of electricity at marginal cost, and is one of the architects of France's nuclear industry development.
Boiteux joined [[Électricité de France]] (EDF) in 1949 as a student of [[Maurice Allais]] and remained there for the rest of his career. In 1959, Marcel Boiteux became the President of the Econometric Society. From 1967 through 1987, he was the director of EDF. He theorized and implemented the price of electricity at marginal cost, and was one of the architects of France's nuclear industry development.


His journey illuminates a social environment (that of scientists and senior civil services), a research process (marginal cost), a large company and its strategy, public sector career and power mechanisms, State-public-company relations, and decision-making processes on important issues such as nuclear policy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boiteux|first=Marcel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa6ZAgAAQBAJ&dq=jules+joubert+normalien&pg=PT8|title=Haute Tension|date=1993-10-01|publisher=Odile Jacob|isbn=978-2-7381-7368-3|language=fr}}</ref>
His journey illuminates a social environment (that of scientists and senior civil services), a research process (marginal cost), a large company and its strategy, public sector career and power mechanisms, State-public-company relations, and decision-making processes on important issues such as nuclear policy.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Boiteux|first=Marcel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa6ZAgAAQBAJ&dq=jules+joubert+normalien&pg=PT8|title=Haute Tension|date=1 October 1993|publisher=Odile Jacob|isbn=978-2-7381-7368-3|language=fr}}</ref>


== Early life ==
On December 14, 1992, he was elected to the chair left vacant by Émile James' death in the [[Academy of Moral and Political Sciences]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-07-13|title=Marcel Boiteux|url=https://academiesciencesmoralesetpolitiques.fr/membres-titulaires/section-iv-economie-politique-statistique-et-finances/marcel-boiteux/|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
[[:fr:Marcel_Boiteux|Marcel Boiteux]] was born in [[Niort]] on 9 May 1922. He graduated from the [[Ecole Normale]] in 1942 and received his mathematics aggregation in 1946. In 1947, he also graduated, in the economics section, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=13 July 2018 |title=Marcel Boiteux |url=https://academiesciencesmoralesetpolitiques.fr/membres-titulaires/section-iv-economie-politique-statistique-et-finances/marcel-boiteux/ |access-date=16 January 2022 |website=Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques |language=fr-FR}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Career ==
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His professional career began in 1946 when he entered the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|National Center for Scientific Research]] (CNRS), under the responsibility of [[Maurice Allais]] and having [[Gérard Debreu]] as a colleague.
=== Education ===
He graduated from the [[Ecole Normale]] in 1942 and received his mathematics aggregation in 1946. In 1947, he also graduated, in the economics section, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris where he was a classmate of Pierre Moussa.<ref name=":0" />


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Boiteux joined EDF on 1 April 1949 as an engineer in the sales department on Allais' recommendation.
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Marcel Boiteux began his professional career in 1946 by entering the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|National Center for Scientific Research]] (CNRS), under the responsibility of [[Maurice Allais]] and having [[Gérard Debreu]] as a colleague. The latter would obtain a Rockefeller scholarship from Maurice Allais.


Boiteux [[Centenarian|turned 100]] on 9 May 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transitionsenergies.com/tribune-marcel-boiteux-a-100-ans/|title=Tribune: Marcel Boiteux a 100 ans|date=13 May 2022|publisher=transitionsenergies.com|accessdate=1 August 2022|language=fr}}</ref> and died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite news |title=Décès de l'ancien président d'EDF Marcel Boiteux à 101 ans |url=https://www.boursorama.com/actualite-economique/actualites/deces-de-l-ancien-president-d-edf-marcel-boiteux-a-101-ans-6d540555b756b9b288e036cf72ce9226 |access-date=8 September 2023 |publisher=Boursorama |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
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He joined EDF on April <abbr>1</abbr>, 1949 as an engineer in the sales department on the recommendation of Maurice Allais.


== Recognition ==
He [[Centenarian|turned 100]] on 9 May 2022.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.transitionsenergies.com/tribune-marcel-boiteux-a-100-ans/|title=Tribune: Marcel Boiteux a 100 ans
On 14 December 1992, he was elected to the chair left vacant by Émile James' death in the [[Academy of Moral and Political Sciences]].<ref name=":0" />
|date=13 May 2022

|publisher=transitionsenergies.com|accessdate=1 August 2022|language=fr}} </ref>
== Works ==

* {{Cite journal |last=Boiteux |first=Marcel |title=Sur la Gestation des Monopoles Publics astreints a l'equilibre budgetaire |journal=Econometrica |volume=24 |issue=1 |date= January 1956|pp=22-40 |url=https://www.uib.cat/depart/deaweb/webpersonal/amedeospadaro/workingpapers/bibliosecpub/boiteux.pdf }}


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== External links ==

* {{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Mark |date=September 10, 2023 |title=Homage to Boiteux |url=https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1700882584287223909?s=20 |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}
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Latest revision as of 22:23, 15 October 2023

Marcel Boiteux
Born(1922-05-09)9 May 1922
Niort, France
Died6 September 2023(2023-09-06) (aged 101)
Croissy-sur-Seine
NationalityFrench
Occupations
  • economist
  • mathematician
  • senior civil service

Marcel Boiteux (9 May 1922 – 6 September 2023) was a French economist, mathematician, and senior civil service member. He was the "architect of the French nuclear program" that created 61 nuclear reactors and kept the French electricity sector less carbon-intensive than other European countries (save Iceland).[1]

Boiteux joined Électricité de France (EDF) in 1949 as a student of Maurice Allais and remained there for the rest of his career. In 1959, Marcel Boiteux became the President of the Econometric Society. From 1967 through 1987, he was the director of EDF. He theorized and implemented the price of electricity at marginal cost, and was one of the architects of France's nuclear industry development.

His journey illuminates a social environment (that of scientists and senior civil services), a research process (marginal cost), a large company and its strategy, public sector career and power mechanisms, State-public-company relations, and decision-making processes on important issues such as nuclear policy.[2]

Early life[edit]

Marcel Boiteux was born in Niort on 9 May 1922. He graduated from the Ecole Normale in 1942 and received his mathematics aggregation in 1946. In 1947, he also graduated, in the economics section, from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris.[3]

Career[edit]

His professional career began in 1946 when he entered the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), under the responsibility of Maurice Allais and having Gérard Debreu as a colleague.

Boiteux joined EDF on 1 April 1949 as an engineer in the sales department on Allais' recommendation.

Boiteux turned 100 on 9 May 2022,[4] and died on 6 September 2023, at the age of 101.[5]

Recognition[edit]

On 14 December 1992, he was elected to the chair left vacant by Émile James' death in the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.[3]

Works[edit]

  • Boiteux, Marcel (January 1956). "Sur la Gestation des Monopoles Publics astreints a l'equilibre budgetaire" (PDF). Econometrica. 24 (1): 22–40.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Décès de Marcel Boiteux". elysee.fr (in French). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ Boiteux, Marcel (1 October 1993). Haute Tension (in French). Odile Jacob. ISBN 978-2-7381-7368-3.
  3. ^ a b "Marcel Boiteux". Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (in French). 13 July 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Tribune: Marcel Boiteux a 100 ans" (in French). transitionsenergies.com. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Décès de l'ancien président d'EDF Marcel Boiteux à 101 ans". Boursorama. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

External links[edit]

  • Nelson, Mark (10 September 2023). "Homage to Boiteux". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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