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]
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Born | Paris, France | 17 August 1956
Nationality | French |
Academic career | |
Field | Innovation Economic growth Organisations Contract theory |
Institutions | Collège de France
INSEAD London School of Economics Harvard University University College London Nuffield College, Oxford Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Alma mater | Harvard University (PhD) École Normale Supérieure de Cachan University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (DEA) |
Doctoral advisor | Eric Maskin Andreu Mas-Colell Jerry R. Green |
Awards | Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2001)
John von Neumann Award (2009) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019) |
Early life and education
editPhilippe Aghion was born in Paris in 1956, the son of Gaby and Raymond Aghion.[2][3] He graduated from the mathematics section of the École normale supérieure de Cachan, and obtained a 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
editHis research focuses on economic growth and innovation. With Peter Howitt, he developed the "Schumpeterian paradigm", and extended the paradigm in several directions; much of the resulting work is summarized in his book titled Endogenous Growth Theory, co-authored with Howitt, and more recently in The Power of Creative Destruction. In 2019 he received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics.[5]
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was elected a 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
editAghion 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 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to an expert group advising the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, which was co-chaired by presidents François Hollande of France and Jacob Zuma of South Africa.[11] In 2021, he was appointed to the World Bank–International Monetary Fund High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth, co-chaired by Mari Pangestu, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, and Nicholas Stern.[12]
Additional advisory activities include:
- Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), Member of the Board of Trustees[13]
- Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Member of the Advisory Board[14]
Publications
edit- 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; Durlauf, Steven N. (2005). Handbook of economic growth. 1A. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-52041-8.
- Aghion, Philippe; Durlauf, Steven N. (2005). Handbook of economic growth. 1B. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-52043-2.
- Aghion, Philippe; Howitt, Peter (1998). Endogenous growth theory. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-01166-2.
References
edit- ^ a b c https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/aghion/files/cv_may2022.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Aghion, Philippe et Banerjee, Abhijit Volatility And Growth. Oxford University Press, 2005 (See dedication: « To our parents Gaby and Raymond Aghion... »).
- ^ Then And Now. Gaby Aghion founder and Clare Waight Keller designer of Chloe SA. By Diderich, Joelle. WWD, September 28, 2012.
- ^ Aghion, Philippe (May 2022). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
- ^ "12th Edition Archives".
- ^ "Past Presidents | EEA".
- ^ "Annual Review of Economics, Planning Editorial Committee - Volume 10, 2018". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "CERGE-EI | Executive and Supervisory Committee | Governance Bodies | People". www.cerge-ei.cz.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ Nous, économistes, soutenons Hollande Le Monde, April 17, 2012.
- ^ High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth – Expert Group World Health Organization.
- ^ World Bank, IMF Launch High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth International Monetary Fund, press release of June 15, 2021.
- ^ Board of Trustees Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute .
- ^ Advisory Board Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).
External links
edit- INSEAD biography page
- CV
- Philippe Aghion publications indexed by Google Scholar
- The Economics of Creative Destruction, a festschrift symposium in honour of Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, organised by Ufuk Agcigit and John Van Reenen, June 9–12, 2021
- Opening and tribute to Emmanuel Farhi
- Introduction
- Creative destruction and the labour market
- Competition and creative destruction
- Trade and innovation
- Growth measurement and growth decline
- Political economy of creative destruction
- Growth and the environment
- Growth meets development
- Inequality and creative destruction
- Taxation, regulation and innovation
- Finance, firm dynamics and growth
- Organisation of innovation
- Science and innovation
- Innovation and growth policy
- Address by President Emmanuel Macron
- Concluding remarks