Emmanuel Farhi
| Emmanuel Farhi | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 8, 1978 |
| Nationality | France |
| Institution |
Harvard University, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Field | Macroeconomics, Finance, Mathematical economics |
| Alma mater |
École Normale Supérieure, Mines ParisTech, MIT |
| Doctoral advisor |
Ricardo J. Caballero Iván Werning |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Emmanuel Farhi (born September 8, 1978) is a French economist, and currently a professor in the Harvard department of economics. His research focuses on macroeconomics and finance. He was a member of the French Economic Analysis Council to the French Prime Minister from 2010 to 2012.
The son of an economist, Farhi grew up in Paris where he attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. At age 16 he won the Concours général in Physics and continued on to study Mathematics in preparatory class.
Ranking 1st on the national entry exam to École Polytechnique in 1997, he eventually chose to attend École Normale Supérieure ULM, a very select French university boasting an impressive record of Nobel prize and Fields Medal winners. He specialized in Mathematics obtaining 2nd place on the Agrégation de Mathematiques (French degree). He was then admitted to the prestigious Corps des Mines in 2001, a French institution whose purpose is to entice the brightest students in mathematics and physics to serve the government.
He finished his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was awarded a Ph.D. in 2006.
Farhi started his career in the Economics department of Harvard in 2006 and was tenured in 2010. Though highly quantitative, his work strives to shed light on practical issues such as macroprudential regulation, mitigating the impacts of economic crises or understanding the implications of fiscal policies. For example, he assessed the controversial Social VAT, a measure introduced by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and repealed by his successor Francois Hollande only to reemerge under a different form: the "Competitiveness Pact".
Farhi has been granted several awards for his work, including
In September 2014, the IMF published a list of the 25 “economists under 45 [who] will have the most influence in the coming decades on our understanding of the global economy”. Farhi is one of the 7 French economists listed for his work on “on monetary economics, international economics, finance and public finance, including research on global imbalances, monetary and fiscal policy, and taxation.”
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