Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion (born August 17, 1956 in Paris ) is a French economist . His main research area is growth and contract theory .
Life
In 1981 he completed his studies and received his diploma in business mathematics from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne . In 1987 he was able to complete a Ph. D. at Harvard University . In the same year Aghion became a visiting lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and remained so until 1989. In 1989 he became a research member of CNRS-DELTA . From 1990 to 1991 he was Deputy Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. In 1991 he became editor of the Review of Economic Studies and remained so until 1997. In 1992 he became editor-in-chief of The Economics of Transition . From 1992 to 1996 he was a member of Nuffield College, Oxford . He was a professor at University College London from 1996 until he moved to Harvard University in 2000.
In 2017, Aghion was elected a lifelong honorary foreign member of the American Economic Association , AEA, together with Ernst Fehr, a professor of economics researching at the University of Zurich . The number of honorary members is limited. The election is made by the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association and only takes place if a previous honorary member dies.
Awards
- 2001: Prix de la Revue Francaise d'Economie
- 2001: Yrjö Jahnsson Prize of the European Economic Association
- 2005: Honorary doctorate from Stockholm School of Commerce
- 2006: Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society
- 2009: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2015: Corresponding member of the British Academy
- 2016: Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2019: BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics
Fonts
- with Peter Howitt: Endogenous Growth Theory. MIT Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-262-01166-2 .
- with Jeffrey G. Williamson : Growth Inequality and Globalization. Theory, History, and Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-65070-0 .
- with André Sapir (eds.), Giuseppe Bertola, Marco Buti, Martin Hellwig, Jean Pisani-Ferry , Dariusz K. Rosati, Peter M. Smith, Jose Vinals, Helen Wallace: An Agenda for a Growing Europe. The Sapir Report. Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-927148-1 .
- with E. Cohen: Éducation et Croissance. 2004.
- with A. Banerjee: Volatility and Growth. Oxford University Press, 2005.
- with Rachel Griffith : Competition and Innovation. MIT Press, 2005.
- with S. Durlauf: Handbook of Economic Growth. Elsevier 2005, ISBN 978-0-444-50837-9 .
- with Rachel Griffith: Competition and Growth. Reconciling Theory and Evidence. 2008, ISBN 978-0-262-51202-2 .
References
Web links
- Philippe Aghion in the catalog of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics (ZBW)
- Information on the website of Harvard University (English)
Footnotes
- ^ Institute for Fiscal Studies, People - Philippe Aghion (International Fellow) , accessed Oct. 10, 2008
- ^ Yale University, Biographical Sketch for Philippe Aghion ( Memento of September 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 91 kB), accessed on December 1, 2012
- ^ AER Foreign Honorary Members aeaweb.org , accessed April 15, 2017.
- ↑ [1] aeaweb.org , April 14, 2017, accessed April 15, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aghion, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |