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France
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
151
Citations
175878
World Ranking
6
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in France Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for his analysis of market power and regulation".
  • 2014 - Nobel Prize for his analysis of market power and regulation
  • 2008 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2007 - CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research Economics
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association
  • 1993 - Yrjö Jahnsson Award
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1986 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

Jean Tirole is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France, contributing extensively to the field of economics. Their research spans several interconnected domains within Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a focus on both broad economic theories and specific market behaviors.

The main fields of study include Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with subfields covering Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Finance, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas such as Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Digital Platforms and Economics, and ICT Impact and Policies.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Olivier Blanchard
  • Christian Gollier
  • Mathias Dewatripont
  • Peterson Institute for International Economics Submitter
  • Mohamed Saleh

Publications are regularly featured in notable venues such as:

  • Annual Review of Economics
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Economic Review
  • Competition Law & Policy Debate

Recent papers by Jean Tirole include:

  • Competition and the Industrial Challenge for the Digital Age, 2023, Annual Review of Economics
  • Digital Dystopia, 2021, American Economic Review

Additional notable papers in which they have played a role or which are related to their research network include:

  • The Portfolio of Economic Policies Needed to Fight Climate Change, 2023, Annual Review of Economics
  • The Morality of Markets, 2024, Journal of Political Economy
  • The portfolio of economic policies needed to fight climate change, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Jean Tirole has received multiple awards spanning several decades, reflecting ongoing recognition in economics and related disciplines. Key awards include:

  • Nobel Prize, 2014, for analysis of market power and regulation
  • Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics, 2014, for analysis of market power and regulation
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2008
  • CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research, 2007, Economics
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association, 1993
  • Yrjö Jahnsson Award, 1993
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1988
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society, 1986
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Best Publications

  • The Theory of Industrial Organization

    Jean Tirole

  • A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation

    Jean Tirole;Jean-Jacques Laffont

  • PLATFORM COMPETITION IN TWO‐SIDED MARKETS

    Jean Charles Rochet;Jean Marcal Pierre Tirole

  • Formal and Real Authority in Organizations

    Philippe Aghion;Jean Marcal Pierre Tirole

  • Financial Intermediation, Loanable Funds, and The Real Sector

    B. Holmstrom;Jean Marcal Pierre Tirole

  • Incentives and Prosocial Behavior

    Roland Bénabou;Roland Bénabou;Jean Tirole;Jean Tirole

  • Some Simple Economics of Open Source

    Josh Lerner;Jean Tirole

  • Two-sided markets: a progress report

    Jean Charles Rochet;Jean Tirole

  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

    Roland Bénabou;Jean Tirole

  • The Theory of Corporate Finance

    Jean Tirole

  • Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Roland Benabou;Jean Tirole

  • Private and Public Supply of Liquidity

    Bengt R. Holmstrom;Jean Tirole

  • Market Liquidity and Performance Monitoring

    Bengt Holmström;Jean Tirole

  • Self-Confidence and Personal Motivation

    Roland Bénabou;Jean Tirole

  • Hierarchies and Bureaucracies: On the Role of Collusion in Organizations

    Jean Tirole

  • The Prudential Regulation of Banks

    Mathias Dewatripont;Jean Tirole

  • Using Cost Observation to Regulate Firms

    Jean-Jacques Laffont;Jean Tirole

  • The Politician and the Judge: Accountability in Government

    Eric Maskin;Jean Tirole

  • The Management of Innovation

    Philippe Aghion;Jean Tirole

  • Review of Theory of Industrial Organization by J.Tirole

    Ariel Rubinstein;Jean Tirole

  • A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation.

    Mark Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Josh Lerner
Josh Lerner Harvard University
Jean-Jacques Laffont
Jean-Jacques Laffont University of Southern California
Roland Bénabou
Roland Bénabou Princeton University
Jean-Charles Rochet
Jean-Charles Rochet Toulouse School of Economics
Patrick Rey
Patrick Rey Toulouse School of Economics
Mathias Dewatripont
Mathias Dewatripont Université Libre de Bruxelles
Eric Maskin
Eric Maskin Harvard University
Emmanuel Farhi
Emmanuel Farhi Harvard University

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