Agnès Bénassy-Quéré
French economist (born 1966)
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Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (born 15 March 1966) is a French economist who has been serving as Deputy Governor of the Banque de France since 2023.[1]
Agnès Bénassy-Quéré | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 March 1966 Paris, France |
| Office | Deputy Governor of the Banque de France |
| Predecessor | Sylvie Goulard |
| Awards | Prix du meilleur jeune économiste de France |
| Academic background | |
| Education | ESCP Business School Paris Dauphine University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Institutions | Paris School of Economics French Ministry of the Economy and Finance Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales |
Main interests | International monetary systems Exchange rates Economic policy European integration |
From 2020 to 2023, Bénassy-Quéré was the chief economist at the Direction générale du Trésor (or French Treasury).[2] She is also a professor of economics at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the Paris School of Economics.[3]
Career
Bénassy-Quéré's research interests include the international monetary systems, exchange rates, economic policy, and the European integration.[4]
Bénassy-Quéré worked for the Ministry of the Economy and Finance before moving to academic positions successively at Cergy-Pontoise University (1993–1996), Lille 2 (1996–1999), Paris-Ouest (2000–2004) and École Polytechnique (2009–2011).[2]
In addition, Bénassy-Quéré also served as a deputy director (1998–2006) and as director (2006–2012) of the Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII).[2] Since 2023: second deputy governor of the Bank of France, replacing Sylvie Goulard.
Recognition
Bénassy-Quéré's research was awarded Best Young French Economist Award by Cercle des économistes and Le Monde in 2000 (together with Bruno Amable).[5]
Other activities
- Bruegel, Member of the Board[6]
- CESifo, Research Network Fellow[7]
- German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board[8]
- Banque de France, Member of the General Council (–2020)[9]
