Economic Growth
Europe must prioritize research and innovation to be competitive
Europe must take urgent action to address the major economic growth gap with the US and China. Here's how research and innovation can help achieve this.
Jean Tirole
Chairman, Toulouse School of Economics (University of Toulouse); Scientific Director, Institut d'Economie Industrielle. Former President: Econometric Society; European Economic Association. Foreign Honorary Member: American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Economic Association. Former Professor and current Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Chairman of the Executive Committee, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST). Lecturer. Author or co-author of some 20 articles on economics and finance; author of 11 books. Recipient of awards and honours, including: Laureate, 2014 Nobel prize in Economics; Honorary Doctorate, Université de Lausanne, Hitotsubashi University, University of Rome 2, Athens School of Business and Economics, University of Mannheim, HEC Montreal, London Business School, Free University in Brussels. Interests: theoretical and practical application of game theory and information theory to industrial organization and regulation; finance, macroeconomics, international finance and economics and psychology.
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