Paris School of Economics
Encyclopedia
The Paris School of Economics (PSE, in French
: L’École d’économie de Paris — EEP), created on 21 December 2006 in Paris
, France
, is a French
economics
department. The EEP combines researchers from several institutions, including DELTA and INRA
. Since October 2007, the department is headed by François Bourguignon
.
in 2007 and located in Paris
, the PSE aims to draw staff from: École normale supérieure
, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
(EHESS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
(INRA), the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
. It is part of the French official research center, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
(CNRS).
PSE has an exchange program with UC Berkeley and recently announced a global partnership with NYU
, MIT and the London School of Economics
.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: L’École d’économie de Paris — EEP), created on 21 December 2006 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
department. The EEP combines researchers from several institutions, including DELTA and INRA
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture...
. Since October 2007, the department is headed by François Bourguignon
François Bourguignon
François Bourguignon is the former Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is the Director of the Paris School of Economics, and was formerly a professor of economics at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris....
.
Foundation and organization
Inaugurated by Prime Minister Dominique de VillepinDominique de Villepin
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007....
in 2007 and located in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, the PSE aims to draw staff from: École normale supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
, École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Founded in 1747, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées , often referred to as les Ponts, is the world's oldest civil engineering school...
, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
The École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
(EHESS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique is a French public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture...
(INRA), the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne
Pantheon-Sorbonne University or Paris 1 is a university in Paris, France. With eight hundred years of excellence to build on, the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, a descendant of the Sorbonne and the Faculty of Law and Economics of Paris, is one of the largest universities in France today...
. It is part of the French official research center, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
The National Center of Scientific Research is the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe....
(CNRS).
PSE has an exchange program with UC Berkeley and recently announced a global partnership with NYU
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
International standing
Its contributory economics faculties, including the Ecole Normale Superieure, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, the Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE, are ranked between the top 13 and 53 departments worldwide by publication output of the top five scholars. According to the global economics departments ranking released in March 2011 by RePEc, it was ranked at 17. The EEP aim is to be one of the top global institutions for economic research, alongside HarvardHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, MIT and the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
Notable faculty
- Philippe Askenazy
- François BourguignonFrançois BourguignonFrançois Bourguignon is the former Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is the Director of the Paris School of Economics, and was formerly a professor of economics at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris....
- Bernard Caillaud
- Andrew ClarkAndrew ClarkSir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet , was a Scottish physician and pathologistHe was born in Aberdeen, the illegitimate son of Amelia Anderson and Andrew Clark. His father, who also was a physician, died when he was only a few years old...
- Daniel CohenDaniel Cohen (economist)Daniel Cohen is a French economist and a professor at the École d'économie de Paris.-Works:*Monnaie, Richesse et Dette des Nations , Editions du CNRS, 1987.*Private Lending to Sovereign States , MIT Press, 1991....
- Pierre-Yves Geoffard
- Olivier Gossner
- Roger GuesnerieRoger GuesnerieRoger Guesnerie is an economist born in France in 1943. He is currently the Chaired Professor of Economic Theory and Social Organization of the Collège de France, Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Paris School...
- Jean Imbs
- Philippe Jéhiel
- David Martimort
- Éric Maurin
- Thomas PikettyThomas PikettyThomas Piketty is a French economist who specializes in the study of economic inequality.-Youth and education:Piketty was born on May 7, 1971, in Clichy, Paris, to parents who had taken part in the May 1968 riots...
- Richard PortesRichard PortesRichard Portes CBE is currently professor of Economics at London Business School. He is President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research which he founded in 1983. CEPR is a network network of over 700 Research Fellows and Affiliates who contribute to economic research and policy debates in Europe...
- Romain Rancière
- Thierry Verdier
- Farid Toubal
Advisory council
- Robert Allen (Oxford University)
- Anthony B. Atkinson (Oxford University)
- Olivier BlanchardOlivier BlanchardOlivier Jean Blanchard is currently the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, a post he has held since September 1, 2008. He is also the Class of 1941 Professor of Economics at MIT, though he is currently on leave. Blanchard is one of the most cited economists in the world, according...
(MIT) - Richard BlundellRichard BlundellRichard Blundell, CBE, FBA is a British Economist and Econometrician.He is currently the David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at University College London and Research Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies...
(University CollegeUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
à l'University of LondonUniversity of London-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
) - Graziella Caselli (Université "La Sapienza", à Rome)
- Paul DavidPaul DavidPaul David, was a Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute, and Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Louis-Athanase David and Antonia Nantel, he received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in 1939 and his MD from the Université de Montréal in 1944...
(Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
) - Rodolphe Dos Santos (University of Strasbourg)
- Jon ElsterJon ElsterJon Elster is a Norwegian social and political theorist who has authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory...
(Collège de FranceCollège de FranceThe Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
) - Andreu Mas Colell (University Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona GSE)
- James MirrleesJames MirrleesSir James Alexander Mirrlees is a Scottish economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in 1998....
(University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
) - Torsten PerssonTorsten PerssonTorsten Persson is a Swedish economist and the director of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University. He has also taught in England, the United States, and Israel...
(Stockholm UniversityStockholm UniversityStockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...
) - Patrick Rey (Université de Toulouse)
- Dani RodrikDani RodrikDani Rodrik is a Turkish economist and Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, teaching in the School's MPA/ID Program. He has published widely in the areas of international economics, economic development, and...
(Kennedy School of Government of Harvard) - Amartya SenAmartya SenAmartya Sen, CH is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members...
(Harvard University) - Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
) - Viviana ZelizerViviana ZelizerViviana A. Zelizer, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, is a prominent economic sociologist who focuses on the attribution of cultural and moral meaning to the economy. A constant theme in her work is economic valuation of the sacred, as found in such contexts as life insurance...
(Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
)