Philippe Mario Aghion FBA was born on 17 August 1956 and is a French economist who is a professor at College de France, at INSEAD, and at the London School of Economics.
12 Facts About Philippe Aghion
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Philippe Aghion is teaching at the Paris School of Economics.
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Philippe Aghion was formerly the Robert C Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
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Philippe Aghion was born in Paris, the son of Gaby and Raymond Aghion.
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Philippe Aghion received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1987.
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Philippe Aghion is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, and was elected as a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2015.
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Philippe Aghion was the President of the European Economic Association in 2017.
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Philippe Aghion has been an editor of the Annual Review of Economics since 2018.
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Philippe 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 of CERGE-EI.
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Philippe Aghion serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
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Ahead of the 2012 French presidential election, Philippe Aghion co-signed an appeal of several economists in support of candidate Francois Hollande.
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In 2016, Philippe 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 Francois Hollande of France and Jacob Zuma of South Africa.