Philippe Aghion

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Philippe Aghion
Born (1956-08-17) 17 August 1956 (age 67)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Academic career
InstitutionsCollège de France
Yrjö Jahnsson Award
(2001)

John von Neumann Award (2009)

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019)

Philippe Mario Aghion FBA (born 17 August 1956) is a French economist who is a professor at the Collège de France, at INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics.[1] He also teaches at the Paris School of Economics. From 2002 to 2015, he was the Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University.[1] Prior to that, he was a professor at University College London, an Official Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Early life and education

Philippe Aghion was born in Paris in 1956, the son of

diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) in mathematical economics from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1987.[4]

Career

His research focuses on

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics.[5]

He is a member of the

Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2015. He was president of the European Economic Association in 2017.[6] He has been an editor of the Annual Review of Economics since 2018.[7]

Other activities

Aghion was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and he is a member of the Executive and Supervisory Committee (ESC) of CERGE-EI.[8][9] He also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.

Ahead of the 2012 French presidential election, Aghion co-signed an appeal of several economists in support of candidate François Hollande.[10]

In 2016, Aghion was appointed by

Nicholas Stern.[12]

Additional advisory activities include:

Publications

  • Aghion, Philippe; Antonin, Celine; Bunel, Simon (2021): The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations. Harvard University Press.
    ISBN 978-0-674-97116-5
    .
  • Aghion, Philippe; Howitt, Peter (2009); The Economics of Growth. MIT Press.
    ISBN 978-0-262-01263-8
  • Aghion, Philippe; Griffith, Rachel (2006). Competition and Growth. MIT Press.
    ISBN 978-0-262-01218-8
  • Aghion, Philippe;
    ISBN 978-0-444-52041-8
    .
  • Aghion, Philippe;
    ISBN 978-0-444-52043-2
    .
  • Aghion, Philippe;
    ISBN 978-0-262-01166-2
    .

References

  1. ^ a b c https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/aghion/files/cv_may2022.pdf
  2. ^ Aghion, Philippe et Banerjee, Abhijit Volatility And Growth. Oxford University Press, 2005 (See dedication: « To our parents Gaby and Raymond Aghion... »).
  3. ^ Then And Now. Gaby Aghion founder and Clare Waight Keller designer of Chloe SA. By Diderich, Joelle. WWD, September 28, 2012.
  4. ^ Aghion, Philippe (May 2022). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
  5. ^ "12th Edition Archives".
  6. ^ "Past Presidents | EEA".
  7. ^ "Annual Review of Economics, Planning Editorial Committee - Volume 10, 2018". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  8. ^ "CERGE-EI | Executive and Supervisory Committee | Governance Bodies | People". www.cerge-ei.cz.
  9. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  10. ^ Nous, économistes, soutenons Hollande Le Monde, April 17, 2012.
  11. ^ High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth – Expert Group World Health Organization.
  12. ^ World Bank, IMF Launch High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth International Monetary Fund, press release of June 15, 2021.
  13. ^ Board of Trustees Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute .
  14. ^ Advisory Board Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).

External links

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