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Philippe Agion

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Philippe Agion

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Philippe Mario Aghion (French: Philippe Mario Aghion, born August 17, 1956) is a French economist, professor at the Collège de France and INSEAD. His main research areas are economic growth and contract theory. He and Peter Howitt proposed the concept of "Schumpeter Paradigm", which they discussed in detail in their joint book "Endogenous Growth Theory". In 2025, he and Howitt jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics for "the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction."

Category
Scholars
Nationality
France
Born
1956-08-17
Wikidata
Q376364
Occupations economistuniversity teacher
Aliases Philippe AghionPhilippe Agion

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