Augustin Landier

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Augustin Landier
Born1974 (age 4849)
OccupationFrench economist
Website https://sites.google.com/site/augustinlandier/

Augustin Landier (born in 1974) is a French economist who currently works at the Toulouse School of Economics. [1] His research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, asset management, organization science, and behavioural economics. [2] In 2014, he was awarded the Prize of the Best Young Economist of France. [3]

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Biography

Augustin Landier studied mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure, a French grande école from 1994 to 1998, earning a master's degree in mathematics in 1994 from Paris 6, passing his agrégation therein in 1995, and earning two Master of Advanced Studies in the philosophy of science and economics, respectively, from Paris 1 in 1996 and from EHESS in 1998. Thereafter, he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a PhD in economics in 2002.

After his graduation, he became an assistant professor of finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago (2002–04) before moving to the New York University's Stern School of Business and directing Old Lane LP, founding Ada Investment Management, and researching at the International Monetary Fund. In 2009, Landier returned to France, where he has been working as full professor at the Toulouse School of Economics. Additionally, he is a member of the Scientific Council of the Banque de France, a consultant for the ECB, and has repeatedly been a member of the Council of Economic Analysis, the French Council of Economic Advisers. [4]

Landier has been awarded several prizes for his research, including the Robert Solow Prize, the Edouard Bonnefous Prize and the Rossi Prize by the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and the Prize of the Best Young Economist in France by Le Monde and the Cercle des Économistes. [4]

According to the Uber Files leaks, in 2014 Landier and David Thesmar accepted a 100,000 Euro fee to carry out a study on behalf of Uber as “actionable for direct PR to prove Uber’s positive economic role”. [5] [6] The study, co-authored by Uber employee Daniel Szomoru, was published in March 2016. The authors argued that Uber drivers would earn nearly double the minimum wage. [7] In an answer on Twitter, Landier and Thesmar claim that they had exposed the conflict of interest from the start in the study, and that they do show that drivers came from poor neighborhood and gained in productivity throughout their association with Uber. [8]

Research

Augustin Landier's research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, asset management, organization science, and behavioural economics. [9] According to IDEAS/RePEc, he is among the top 4% of economists by research output. [10] Key findings of his research include the following:

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  10. Ranking of economists registered on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved April 18th, 2018.
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  12. Blanchard, Olivier; Landier, Augustin (June 1, 2002). "The Perverse Effects of Partial Labour Market Reform: Fixed‐Term Contracts in France". The Economic Journal. 112 (480): F214–F244. doi:10.1111/1468-0297.00047. S2CID   153725295 . Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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