Thomas Philippon | |
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| Born | May 1974 (age 52) |
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| Education | MIT, Paris School of Economics, EHESS, Ecole Polytechnique |
| Olivier Blanchard Ricardo J. Caballero | |
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| Institutions | New York University, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, French Prudential Supervisory Authority |
| Awards | Bernácer Prize, Michael Brennan Award, Brattle Prize |
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Thomas Philippon (born May 1974) is a French economist and professor of finance at the New York University Stern School of Business.
Philippon earned a MA in Physics in 1997 from École Polytechnique, a Master in Economics in 1998 from the Paris School of Economics, and a PhD in Economics in 2003 from MIT. In 2003 he was hired as an Assistant Professor of Finance at Stern, and he has been a Professor of Finance since 2014.
In addition to his professorship at NYU, Philippon has held visiting positions at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, Yale University, and Princeton University. He joined the Monetary Policy Advisory Panel at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2015. He also serves as the Scientific Committee Director at the French Prudential Supervisory Authority, as an associate editor of the American Economic Journal, and as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Ahead of the 2012 French presidential election, Philippon co-signed an appeal of several economists in support of candidate François Hollande.
According to Google Scholar, Philippon's academic papers have been cited nearly 5000 times in the past 5 years. Most notably his paper "CEO Incentives and Earnings Management" has been referenced over 2000 times.
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