Agnès Bénassy-Quéré

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré is a Professor of Economics (on leave) at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the Paris School of Economics. She worked for the French Ministry of Finance, before moving to academic positions at the universities of Cergy-Pontoise, Lille II, Paris-Ouest and Ecole Polytechnique. She also served as a Deputy-Director and Director of CEPII, and later chaired the French Council of Economic Analysis (advising the Prime Minister). She was a member of the Commission Economique de la Nation (an advisory board to the Finance Minister), the French macro-prudential authority, tax advisory council, national productivity council, the Franco-German council of economic experts and the general board of the Banque de France. She is a member of the Bruegel board and a CEPR Associate Fellow.