Economics serving society

Philippe Jehiel, European Research Council (ERC) Award Winner

Philippe Jehiel, Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics, is one of 11 European Economists to be awarded a grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This five-year grant was awarded for his project on the link between limited rationality and game theory. The ERC is the new body established by the European Union to fund exploratory research. The ERC received over 400 submissions in 2008.