Toulouse School of Economics

Toulouse School of Economics

Motto	Une grande école au sein de l'université
Motto in English	Economics for the Common Good
Type	Economics departement
Established	2007, as an independent institution 2011, within the Toulouse 1 Capitole University
Affiliation	Université fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Director
Location	Toulouse , France
Campus	Toulouse 1 Capitole University
Nickname	TSE
Affiliations	Toulouse 1 Capitole University as a research center: École des hautes études en sciences sociales, École Polytechnique
Website	www.tse-fr.eu

Toulouse School of Economics (TSE; French: École d'économie de Toulouse) is a school of economics, affiliated with Toulouse 1 Capitole University, a constituent college of the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées. It is located in the city of Toulouse, France. While the core focus is economics, TSE offers a range of academic degrees spanning licences (French equivalent to bachelor's degree), master's and a doctoral (PhD) programme. According to RePEc, TSE was ranked the 9th most productive research department of economics in the world and the 3rd in Europe by April 2019.^[1]

Classes are taught in both French and English. Currently, the school has around 2400 students from over 90 nationalities and 150 full faculty members. In 2014, the then chairman Professor Jean Tirole was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences for his analysis of market power and regulation.^[2] In 2007, the French government and the Academy of Sciences chose TSE as one of 13 "Réseaux Thématiques de Recherche Avancée" (RTRA) across all fields, enabling the creation of a private foundation, the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation, which serves to foster world class research in economics and related social sciences at TSE.^[3] Its research department is also affiliated with the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the École Polytechnique

International recognition[]

Toulouse School of Economics is consistently ranked among the very best in Europe in rankings based on quality-weighted publications.^[4] The website Econphd [1] ranks TSE first in the world in information economics, and second in the world in industrial organisation. Many of the faculty members are fellows of the Econometric Society and the European Economic Association.TSE scholars have also received numerous national and international awards, including the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the CNRS Gold Medal, the highest scientific Honor in France (both Jean Tirole in 2007 and 2014), and the Yrjö Jahnsson Award, granted every two years to the best European economist under 45 (Jean-Jacques Laffont and Jean Tirole in 2003, Gilles Saint-Paul in 2007).^[5]

Current Advisory Council[]

The scientific council is composed of very famous economists including 2 Nobel Laureates:

• Philippe Aghion, Harvard University & Collège de France,
• Roland Benabou, Princeton University,
• Marianne Bertrand, Chicago Booth School of Business,
• Tim Besley, London School of Economics,
• Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, University of California,
• Rachel Griffith, University of Manchester and Institute for

Fiscal Studies,

• Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance,
• Bengt Holmström, MIT,
• Eliana La Ferrara, Bocconi University,
• Costas Meghir, Yale University,
• Jean-Marc Robin, Sciences Po Paris,
• Thomas Sargent, New York University,
• Antoinette Schoar, MIT,
• Guido Tabellini, Bocconi University,
• David Thesmar, MIT.

Previously:

• Susan Athey (Harvard University)
• Richard Blundell (University College London)
• François Bourguignon (Paris School of Economics)
• Mathias Dewatripont (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
• Ivar Ekeland (University of British Columbia)
• Armin Falk (University of Bonn)
• Drew Fudenberg (Harvard University)
• Bengt Holmström (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Paul Joskow (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Andreu Mas-Colell (Pompeu Fabra University)
• Eric Maskin (Princeton University)
• Roger Myerson (University of Chicago)
• Torsten Persson (Stockholm University)
• Rafael Repullo ()
• Amartya Sen (Harvard University)
• Suzanne Scotchmer (University of California)
• Nicholas Stern (HM Treasury)

Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation[]

The Jean-Jacques Laffont - TSE Foundation oversees the governance of TSE. The board of Directors is chaired by Michel Pebereau, and the full members are listed here.

Doctoral programme[]

TSE's doctoral programme provides a rigorous and in-depth training in the major fields of economics to prepare students for quantitative and qualitative economic analysis. TSE offers core courses in the main disciplines (microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics) as well as a broad choice of applications in those disciplines. In addition, TSE offers a two-year Masters programme and a senior year bachelor programme. TSE graduates become professional economists, whether in academia, government, private firms, or international organisations.

Involvement in policy-making[]

TSE researchers have developed strong relationships with economic actors as regulators, corporations and other various institutions. They take an active part in policy-making in France (The French Council of Economic Advisors) as well as for a variety of institutions in Europe (The European Commission) and the rest of the world.^[6]

Notable Alumni[]

• Philippe Crébassa, French public servant.^[7]

References[]

External links[]

• Toulouse School of Economics official website

Coordinates: 43°36′19″N 1°25′56″E / 43.6054°N 1.4322°E / 43.6054; 1.4322