Philippe Aghion | |
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Aghion at Boston University in February 2015 | |
| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) Paris, France |
| Institutions | Collège de France
INSEAD London School of Economics Harvard University University College London Nuffield College, Oxford Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Field | Innovation Economic growth Organisations Contract theory |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure de Cachan Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (DEA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Awards | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019) Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2025) |
Philippe Mario Aghion FBA (fr; born 1956) is a French economist. He is a professor at the Collège de France, at INSEAD, at the London School of Economics, and at the Paris School of Economics.
From 2002 to 2015, he was an economics professor at Harvard University.
In 2025, he shared half of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Peter Howitt for their works in creative destruction.