Nationality France Name Philippe Aghion | Role Economist | |
Alma mater Harvard University (Ph.D., 1987)Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan (E.N.S., 1976)University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (DEA, 1981) Education Nuffield College, Oxford, University College London, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Books The Economics of Growth, Endogenous Growth Theory, Volatility and growth, Competition and Growth: R, Growth - Inequality - and Glob Similar People Peter Howitt, Gilbert Cette, Elie Cohen, Daron Acemoglu, Elhanan Helpman | ||
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Philippe Mario Aghion (born August 17, 1956) is a French economist.
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- Philippe aghion the market or the state 1 6
- Early life and education
- Career
- Other activities
- Publications
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Philippe aghion the market or the state 1 6
Early life and education
Aghion was born in Paris, the son of Gaby and Raymond Aghion.
Aghion is a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan, Mathematics Section), has a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) in Mathematical Economics from University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1987).
Career
He is Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University, Professor of Economics at London School of Economics, and an invited professor at the Paris School of Economics, having previously been Professor at University College London, an Official Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
His main research work is on growth and contract theory. With Peter Howitt, he developed the so-called "Schumpeterian paradigm", and extended the paradigm in several directions; much of the resulting work is summarised in his joint book with Howitt entitled Endogenous Growth Theory.
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. He also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
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.