Research Interests

International Trade, Growth and Development, Political Economy and Income Distribution, Economic Sociology

Education

• Ecole Polytechnique, 1981-1984
• Ecole nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), 1984-1987
• PhD Dissertation "Strategic Behavior in International Economics and Contract Theory" Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, 1987-1991 (Supervisor: R. Guesnerie)

Positions

• Ingénieur en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC)
• Scientific Director of PSE (Paris-jourdan Sciences Economiques) (CNRS-EHESS-ENPC-ENS) 2005-2010
• Director of DELTA (CNRS-EHESS-ENS) 2000-2004
• Director (interim) of CERAS (ENPC-CNRS) 1997-1998
• Directeur d’Etudes (cumulant) at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales since 2003
• Invited Professor at the University of Southampton (UK) 2003-2011
• Associate Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (France) 1997-2007
• Research Fellow of the Center of Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, since 1994.
• Co-director of the "International Trade" Programme at CEPR in London, 2000-2007.

Fellowships and Honors

• Laureate of the Review of Economic Studies Tour (best PhD students in the USA and Europe) in 1990.
• Post-doctoral Fellowship : joint at Harvard and MIT in the "Research Training Group in Political Economy" 1992-1994.
• Fellow of the European Economic Association (2005-  )
• Member of the European Economic Association Council (2005-2010)

Language

French (native), English (fluent), Portuguese (fluent), Spanish (read, written)