François Bourguignon
François Bourguignon (born May 22, 1945) is a former Chief Economist (2003–2007) of the World Bank. He has been the Director of the Paris School of Economics, and from 1985 to his retirement in 2013 a professor of economics at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. in 2016 Bourguignon was awarded the Dan David Prize. He focuses on the study of income and wealth inequality, economy-wide country studies (Brazil, China, India…), international trade and trade policy, education, wealth, income, redistribution, and tax policy.
François Bourguignon | |
|---|---|
| Chief Economist of the World Bank | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| President | James Wolfensohn Paul Wolfowitz |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Stern |
| Succeeded by | Justin Yifu Lin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1945 Paris, France |
| Education | ENSAE ParisTech (BS) Pierre and Marie Curie University (DEA) University of Western Ontario (PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Paris School of Economics |
| Doctoral students | Bernard Salanié |
| Awards | Dan David Prize (2016) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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