The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014
Awarded on: 2014-10-13
"for his analysis of market power and regulation"
Affiliations:
- Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) – Toulouse, France
Jean Tirole
Born: 1953-08-09 in Troyes, France
Gender: male
Field: French professor of economics
Biography
Jean Tirole is a French economist who is currently a professor of economics at Toulouse 1 Capitole University. He focuses on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and psychology. In particular, he focuses on the regulation of economic activity in a way that does not hinder innovation while maintaining fair rules. Tirole's work is largely theoretical and explored in mathematical models, not empirical research.