Paris School of Economics

The Paris School of Economics (PSE; French: ÃÂcole d'ÃÂ©conomie de Paris) is a French research institute in the field of economics. It offers MPhil, MSc, and PhD level programmes in various fields of theoretical and applied economics, including macroeconomics, econometrics, political economy and international economics.

PSE is a brainchild of the ÃÂcole des hautes ÃÂ©tudes en sciences sociales (EHESS, where the students are enrolled primarily), ÃÂcole normale supÃÂ©rieure ÃÂ· PSL (ENS), the ÃÂcole des ponts and University Paris 1 PanthÃÂ©on-Sorbonne. It is physically located on the ENS-PSL Jourdan campus, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 2006 as a coalition of grandes ÃÂ©coles, a university and an ÃÂ©cole normale supÃÂ©rieure to unify high-level research in economics across French academia, and was first presided by economist Thomas Piketty.

Status

Created in December 2006, the Paris School of Economics has the status of fondation reconnue dÃ¢ÂÂutilitÃÂ© publique (a Public interest foundation). This status allows PSE to draw on both public and private funding.

PSE is a "Fondation de CoopÃÂ©ration scientifique" (Scientific Research Foundation), a new type of foundation created by the French government to develop centres providing national excellence. Scientific Research Foundations operate according to the same rules as Public interest foundations.

The Paris School of Economics is administered by a Board of Directors consisting of representatives of the public and private partners, researchers, and outside personalities.
The Scientific Council consists of international researchers, external to PSE, of whom at least 50% work abroad. The Scientific Council evaluates the quality of both current and proposed teaching and research programmes. 3 Nobel Prizes laureates are members of the PSE Scientific Council.

Degree programmes

The foundation offers teaching through four Master programmes (APE, PPD, EDCBA, and Economics & Psychology) and a PhD Economics programme (within EDE-EPS).

Master's programmes

Master APE: Analysis and Policy in Economics
Master PPD: Public Policy and Development
Master EDCBA: Economic Decision and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Master Economics and Psychology

PSE in international rankings

Its contributory economics faculties, including the Ecole Normale Superieure, ÃÂcole des Hautes ÃÂtudes en Sciences Sociales, the Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE, are ranked between the top 13 among 53 departments worldwide by publication output of the top five scholars. According to the global economics departments ranking released in May 2020 by RePEc, Paris School of Economics was ranked at 5th worldwide, 1st in Europe.

International partnerships

The Paris School of Economics has exchange students programs with some universities such as New York University or the University of California, Berkeley. It is also member of many exchange networks :

Economic Behavior and Interaction Models (EBIM): Bielefeld University
European Doctorate in Economics Erasmus Mundus (EDEEM): Amsterdam University, Bielefeld University, Lisbon University, University of Louvain, Venice University
Programme doctoral europÃÂ©en en ÃÂ©conomie quantitative (EDP): Florence University, London School of Economics (LSE), Bonn University, Leuven University, Tel-Aviv University, Pompeu Fabra University
Policy Design and Evaluation Research in Developing Countries (PODER): Bocconi University, London School of Economics (LSE), Stockholm University, Namur University, Pompeu Fabra University, Cape Town University
Quantitative Economics Doctorate (QED): Alicante University, Amsterdam University, Bielefeld University, Copenhagen University, Lisbon University, Venice University, Vienna University

The World Inequality Report 2018 compiled by Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chanel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman was released on 14 December 2017 at the Paris School of Economics during the first WID.world Conference held on 14 December and 15 December, which was sponsored by the Paris School of Economics, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), the Washington Center for Equitable Growth (CEG), the Ford Foundation, and the European Research Council. World Wealth and Income Database (WID), an open source database, which is part of an international collaborative effort of over a hundred researchers in five continents. The WID is an extension of the earlier World Top Incomes Database (WTID).

Alumni

Esther Duflo (MIT), 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate, 2010 John Bates Clark Medal Laureate
Gilles Duranton (University of Pennsylvania)
Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard University)
Xavier Gabaix (New York University)
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (University of California, Berkeley)
Thierry Magnac (Toulouse School of Economics)
Thomas Philippon (New York University)
Thomas Piketty (Paris School of Economics), author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Patrick Rey (Toulouse School of Economics)
Emmanuel Saez (University of California, Berkeley), 2009 John Bates Clark Medal Laureate
Gabriel Zucman (University of California, Berkeley)

Scientific council

Francesco Billari (Nuffield College Oxford University)
Jess Benhabib (New York University)
Rodolphe Dos Santos (University of Strasbourg)
Marion Fourcade (University of California, Berkeley)
Jordi Gali (CREI Barcelona, University of Pompeu Fabra)
Duncan Gallie (Nuffield College Oxford University)
Oliver Hart (Harvard University)
Naomi Lamoreaux (Yale University)
Costas Meghir (Yale University)
Daniel McFadden (University of California, Berkeley)
Sir James Mirrlees (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University)
Roy Wong Bin (University of California, Los Angeles)

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