Jean Tirole

Jean Tirole is a French economist, university teacher, and researcher born in Troyes on 9 August 1953. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy and has been educated at École polytechnique, Paris Dauphine University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. His doctoral advisor was Eric Maskin. Tirole is affiliated with Toulouse Capitole University and resides in Toulouse.

He has served as an employer at Toulouse Capitole University, École polytechnique, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Toulouse School of Economics. His notable works include *Imperfect Markets and Imperfect Regulation*, *Competition in Telecommunications*, *Financial Crises, Liquidity, and the International Monetary System*, *Theory of Industrial Organization*, and *Industrieökonomik*.

Tirole has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the CNRS Gold medal, the Officer of the Legion of Honour, and the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.