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- Born
- 1956
- Works
- 83
Top works
- FORMAL AND REAL AUTHORITY IN ORGANIZATIONS
- The economics of bankruptcy reform
- Education, Academia and Growth
- Endogenous Growth Theory
- Economics of Growth
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Key facts
- Born
- Philippe Mario Aghion , ( 1956-08-17 ) 17 August 1956 (age 69) , Paris , France
- Known for
- Aghion–Howitt model , Endogenous growth theory , Creative destruction
- Relatives
- Gaby Aghion (mother)
- Education
- École normale supérieure de Cachan ( BA ), Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University ( DEA , D3C ), Harvard University ( PhD )
- Discipline
- Innovation , Economic growth , Organisations , Contract theory
- School or tradition
- Neo-Schumpeterian economics
- Institutions
- Collège de France , INSEAD , London School of Economics , Harvard University , University College London , Nuffield College, Oxford , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Awards
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019), Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2025)
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Philippe Mario Aghion FBA ( French: [filip aɡjɔ̃]; born 17 August 1956) is a French economist who is Chair of Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth professor at the Collège de France, Kurt Björklund Chaired Professor in Innovation and Growth at INSEAD, and Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics.
Aghion and Peter Howitt are known for the Aghion–Howitt model. For this work, they shared half of the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction".