Paris School of Economics
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Paris School of Economics L’École d’économie de Paris (EEP) founded in 2007 is France's answer to Harvard, MIT and the London School of Economics. Combining the top researches from several institutions with massive funding, the EEP aims to be one of the top global institutions for economic research.
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[edit] Foundation and Organization
Inaugurated by Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin in 2007 and located in the heart of Paris, the selective PSE will draw staff from four grandes écoles, Ecole des Ponts: Paris-Jourdan, l’École normale supérieure, l’École nationale des ponts et chaussées, l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), l’[[Institut national de la recherche agronomique] (INRA), the Paris-I University: Pantheon-Sorbonne and a national research centre, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). The EEP will also work in association with ’École polytechnique, l’École nationale de la statistique et de l’administration économique (ENSAE), l’École normale supérieure de Cachan ou HEC. This model will allow French higher education to compete in international rankingsin Economics.[1]
[edit] International Standing
The EEP boasts three Nobel laureates.
Although rankings have not yet been released due to the infancy of the institution, it is expected that the EEP will rank between 1 and 3 in Europe, the major competitors for rankings being LSE and Tillburg.[2]
[edit] Notable Faculty
- Philippe Aghion
- Philippe Askenazy
- Daniel Cohen
- Roger Guesnerie
- Thomas Piketty
[edit] Advisory Council
- Robert Allen (Oxford University)
- Anthony B. Atkinson (Oxford University)
- Olivier Blanchard (MIT)
- Richard Blundell (University College à l'Université de Londres)
- Graziella Caselli (Université "La Sapienza", à Rome)
- Paul David (Stanford University)
- Rodolphe Dos Antos (Université de Strasbourg)
- Jon Elster (Collège de France)
- Andreu Mas Colell (Université de Barcelone)
- James Mirrlees (Université de Cambridge)
- Torster Persson (Université de Stockholm)
- Patrick Rey (Université de Toulouse)
- Dani Rodrik (Kennedy School of Government à Harvard)
- Amartya Sen (Harvard University)
- Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University)
- Viviana Zelizer (Princeton University)
