Jean Tirole
Jean Tirole | |
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (2014) | |
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Academic background | |
Thesis | Essays in economic theory (1981) |
Jean Tirole (born 9 August 1953) is a French
In 2014, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of market power and regulation.[2][3]
Education
Tirole received engineering degrees from the École Polytechnique in 1976, and from the École nationale des ponts et chaussées in 1978.
He was appointed a member of the elite
He started thinking about studying economics when he was 21 years old, which he found both “very rigorous”, but at the same time “still a social science”. He said he found “a lot of that human aspect” in economics, which he found important.[6]
Career
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Tirole is chairman of the board of the
From 1994 to 1996 he was a professor of economics at the
He was president of the
Contributions to economics
Tirole's textbook, The Theory of Industrial Organization, synthesised modern models of oligopolistic competition, analysing various cases where industries consist of a small number of firms with significant market power. He and Oliver Hart published a paper showing the conditions in which a vertical merger can result in foreclosure.[8] Rochet and Tirole analysed the implications of 2-sided markets for competition policy.[9] Fudenberg and Tirole also created a taxonomy of strategic effects in oligopolistic competition models.[10]
Awards
Tirole was awarded the
Tirole also received the inaugural
In 2007 he was awarded the highest award (the Gold Medal or médaille d'or) of the French CNRS. In 2008, he received the Prix du Cercle d'Oc; in 2009, he received an Outstanding Contributions to the Profession Award (
Publications
Tirole has published about 200 professional articles in economics and finance, as well as 10 books, including The Theory of Industrial Organization, Game Theory (with Drew Fudenberg), A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (with Jean-Jacques Laffont), The Prudential Regulation of Banks (with Mathias Dewatripont), Competition in Telecommunications (with Jean-Jacques Laffont), Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System, and The Theory of Corporate Finance. His research covers industrial organization, regulation, game theory, public economics, banking and finance, psychology and economics, international finance and macroeconomics.
Books
- Dynamic Models of Oligopoly (with D. Fudenberg), 1986.[14]
- The Theory of Industrial Organization, MIT Press, 1988. Description and chapter-preview links.
- Dynamic Models of Oligopoly (avec Drew Fudenberg, Harwood Academic Publishers GMbH, 1986.
- Game Theory (with D. Fudenberg), MIT Press, 1991.[15]
- A Theory of Incentives in Regulation and Procurement (with J.-J. Laffont), MIT Press,1993. Description & chapter-preview links.
- The Prudential Regulation of Banks (with M. Dewatripont), MIT Press,1994.[16]
- Competition in Telecommunications, MIT Press, 1999.[17]
- Financial Crises, Liquidity and the International Monetary System, Princeton University Press, 2002.[18]
- The Theory of Corporate Finance, Princeton University Press, 2005. Description. Association of American Publishers 2006 Award for Excellence.
- Balancing the Banks (with Mathias Dewatripont, and Jean-Charles Rochet), Princeton University Press, 2010.[19]
- Inside and Outside Liquidity (with Bengt Holmström), MIT Press, 2011.[20]
- Théorie de l'organisation industrielle, Economica, 2015
- Économie du bien commun, Presses universitaires de France, 2016
- Economics for the common good, Princeton University Press; 2017[21]
References
- ^ Jean Tirole - Hyde Park Civilizace | Česká televize (in Czech), retrieved 12 July 2023
- ^ Sveriges Riksbank's Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014., Sveriges Riksbank, 13 October 2014, retrieved 13 October 2014
- ^ Biography of Jean Tirole Archived 18 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Essays in economic theory / by Jean Tirole". MIT Library catalog. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ https://www.tse-fr.eu/sites/default/files/TSE/documents/doc/cv/tirole_en.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Jean Tirole - Hyde Park Civilizace | Česká televize".
- ^ a b c "Jean Tirole: Market Power and Regulation". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 13 October 2014.
- OCLC 464151427.
- ISSN 1542-4766.
- ^ "The Fat Cat Effect, the Puppy Dog Ploy and the Lean and Hungry Look" (PDF).
- ^ (in Italian) Laurea magistrale honoris causa Jean Tirole Archived 2 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Professor Jean Marcel Tirole HonFRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Economist Rankings at IDEAS". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ISBN 9780415269179– via Google Books.
- ^ Fudenberg, Drew; Tirole, Jean. "Game Theory". The MIT Press.
- ^ Dewatripont, Mathias; Tirole, Jean. "The Prudential Regulation of Banks". The MIT Press.
- ^ Laffont, Jean-Jacques; Tirole, Jean. "Competition in Telecommunications". The MIT Press.
- ISBN 9780691099859.
- OCLC 642206030.
- ^ Holmström, Bengt; Tirole, Jean. "Inside and Outside Liquidity". The MIT Press.
- ^ "Book Review: Economics for the Common Good by Jean Tirole". LSE Review of Books. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
External links
- Jean Tirole in Hyde Park Civilization on ČT24 16.10.2022 (moderator Daniel Stach)
- Personal info and curriculum vitae on the IDEI website
- Bibliography
- Biography
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards Archived 6 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Econ Focus interview, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Fourth Quarter 2017
- Jean Tirole on Nobelprize.org