Economics and Decision Sciences
The Department of Economics & Decision Sciences conducts research in economics, decision theory and statistics, with faculty members exploring a wide range of topics in macroeconomics, international trade, game theory, information theory, decision theory, learning, entrepreneurship and statistics.
The department counts around 20 professors. More than 30 articles have been published in top academic journals in Economics, Statistics and Decision Sciences within the last 2 years, and many of our professors received prizes and awards.
The department is in charge of teaching economics, statistics and entrepreneurship at undergraduate level, within specialized master programs and within the MBA program. Two Master Programs, “Managerial and Financial Economics” and “Master in Economics”, are managed by the department. Department professors also offer many courses in the HEC Paris Ph.D. program.
Lead News
Gaetano Gaballo Wins European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant
Gaetano Gaballo, Associate Professor of Economics at HEC Paris and member of the GREGHEC joint research lab with the CNRS, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for his research project on inflation. Gaetano thus becomes HEC’s fourth...
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Research on Equity Crowdfunding Accepted in the RAND Journal of Economics
HEC Paris Professor of Finance Stefano Lovo has had his research paper “Herding in Equity Crowdfunding” accepted for publication in the RAND Journal of Economics, the leading journal in industrial organization. The research is in collaboration with Thomas Astebro...
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Itzhak Gilboa Ranked Among World's Top 6 Theoretical Economists
Itzhak Gilboa, Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences at HEC Paris, has been ranked 6th theoretical economist in the world in a study by Stanford University.
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HEC and ChangeNOW 2023: Setting New Environmental Trends
HEC Paris was more present than ever in the annual ChangeNOW summit, organizing four sessions devoted to women entrepreneurs, transition and stability, impactful research and business for peace. The 2023 edition involving 35,000 participants from 120 countries was the...
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2022: A "Grand Cru" for Research Impact
HEC Paris is ranked the top business school in Europe by the Financial Times, and research impact is part of the ranking’s factors. Indeed, HEC Paris is one of the world’s top research schools in economics and management, and our faculty aim to have an impact on pedagogy...
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Major Influx into HEC’s Researcher-professor Community in 2022
HEC Paris welcomed 11 new research professors to its faculty ranks for this new academic year, one of the richest pickings in years. The top-class scholars join seven of the school’s nine departments, swelling HEC’s total of professor-researchers to 120.
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D-TEA Marks its 10th edition with Homage to Pioneer David Schmeidler
The 2022 D-TEA (Decision: Theory, Experiments & Applications) was historic in two ways: as a tenth anniversary marking HEC’s expansion into a crucial economic field. And as a moving homage to one of the event’s pioneers, Professor David Schmeidler, who passed away on March...
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PhD Dissertation Defense, Wei Zhao, Economics and Decision Sciences
Congratulations to Dr Wei Zhao, Economics and Decision Sciences specialization, who successfully defended his Doctoral Dissertation at HEC Paris, on June 21, 2022. Dr Zhao has accepted a position at Renmin University - School of Economics (China) as Assistant Professor...
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Armin Steinbach awarded Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Economics
Professor Armin Steinbach has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Studies by the European Commission. Armin will hold the Chair in EU Law and Economics until 2025.
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Armin Steinbach and a group of economists and lawyers propose blueprint for reforming Europe
A team of leading economists and lawyers specialising in EU affairs propose an ambitious yet feasible blueprint for reforming the European macroeconomic policy system in a CEPR Policy Insight.
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HEC Academics Enjoy Rich Exchange with Station F Startuppers
More than a dozen of HEC’s top faculty members paid a visit to Station F in early December as part of a learning expedition to the world’s biggest startup campus. This was designed to further solidify the strong ties between the business school and this hub of incubating...
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HEC Data Day Returns with Groundbreaking Multidisciplinary Research
The fourth Data Day saw a welcome return to in-person presentations and conversations. 21 months after its previous edition, this hybrid event involved 150 practitioners, researchers and students gathered in the Jouy campus’ T Building. The 2021 edition saw lively...
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HEC Academic Makes Noise with Study on Flaw in Human Judgment
HEC Professor of Strategy (Education Track) Olivier Sibony joined forces with Nobel-laureate Daniel Kahneman and legal scholar Cass Sunstein to publish Noise, a monumental work on human error. The trio thus reinvents a term for this variability of judgment which pervades...
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Armin Steinbach Nominated as Arbitrator in Bilateral Trade Disputes Involving the European Union
The European Commission has published a pool of individuals eligible for appointment as arbitrators and trade and sustainability experts in bilateral disputes under trade agreements with third countries. Armin Steinbach is one of the selected individuals following an...
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PhD Dissertation Defense, Emilien Macault, Economics and Decision Sciences
Congratulations to Dr Emilien Macault, Economics and Decision Sciences specialization, who successfully defended his Doctoral Dissertation at HEC Paris, on December 7, 2021.
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7 Professors Join HEC Paris in 2021, with a Focus on AI
A total of seven new professors have reinforced the ranks of HEC’s world-class academic staff. Allow us to introduce you to the seven arriving on campus: Yann Algan, Pablo M. Baquero, Julien Grand-Clément, Armin Steinbach, Klaus M. Miller, Matthew Yeaton and Aluna Wang...
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Decision Scientists Remind of the Theories for Rational Policymaking During a Pandemic
HEC Paris Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences Itzhak Gilboa and fellow researchers have co-published an article calling for a dialog with decision makers. The recently-published article, “Rational policymaking during a pandemic” reminds legislators that modern...
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HEC Paris Welcomes Five Top Research Professors
This year, five research professors join the ranks of HEC Paris’ faculty, making it a total of 116 HEC research professors in the faculty. The newcomers’ focus of research includes revenue management, consumer behavior, systems problems, human resources management, brand...
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PhD Thesis Defense, Veronica Cappelli, Economics and Decision Sciences
Congratulations to Dr Veronica Cappelli, Economics and Decision Sciences, who successfully defended her Doctoral thesis at HEC Paris, on July 13, 2020. Veronica will join the Stanford University as postdoc researcher.
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PhD Thesis Defense, Fan Wang, Economics and Decision Sciences
Congratulations to Dr Fan Wang, Economics and Decision Sciences, who successfully defended his Doctoral thesis at HEC Paris, on July 13, 2020. Fan will join the ESSEC Business School - Singapore as assistant professor.
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PhD Thesis Defence, Thomas Rivera, Economics and Decision Sciences
Congratulations to Dr Thomas J. Rivera, Economics and Decision Sciences, who successfully defended his Doctoral thesis at HEC Paris, on March 4, 2020. Thomas joined the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University as Assistant Professor.
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12 New Research Academics Arrive at HEC Paris
The October 3 Faculty Day featured welcome speeches for a dozen academic figures who join the ranks of HEC research professors, now numbering a total of 120. Faculty & Research Dean Jacques Olivier and Dean Peter Todd greeted the new staff members.
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Ambiguity Takes Center Stage at D-TEA 2019
HEC’s 11th D-Tea conference saw leading academics in decision-making theory discuss ambiguity. The two-and-a-half day event in central Paris honored one of the ambiguity pioneers, David Schmeidler and included Nobel laureate Lars Hansen. HEC Professor Itzhak Gilboa invited...
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Q&A with Nobel Laureate Lars Hansen
Lars Hansen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2013. The Professor in economics at the University of Chicago was one of the major figures at the 11th D-Tea Conference organized in early June 2019 by HEC academic Itzhak Gilboa.
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D-TEA Highlights Behavioral Economics in Decision-making
The 2018 edition of HEC Paris’ annual D-TEA workshop brought together world-class researchers around the theme “Modes of Decision-making”. Almost 100 people attended the May 23-25 event organized by the HEC Decision Science team. The three days of intense exchange related...
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Welcome to the new PhD 2019 cohort
We are happy and proud to welcome our new 12 high potential PhD students to our campus (9 nationalities and all from top schools) who started their PhD journey last week. They were welcomed both by PhD fellow students, staff, professors and the HEC Foundation who is the...
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2019 HEC PhD Graduates
Warm congratulations to all our 2019 PhD graduates. Ali Shantia (Information Systems and Operations Management) - Charles Boissel (Finance) - Elena Fumagalli (Marketing) - Elena Plaksenkova (Strategy and Business Policy) - Jiachen Yang (Management and Human Resources) -...
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Itzhak Gilboa Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
HEC Paris Professor and AXA Chair for Decision Sciences Itzhak Gilboa has been elected an “International Honorary Member” of the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The specialist in decision theory thus marks his ten years in the business school as one of...
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D-TEA conference: Can Majority Judgment Solve the Iniquities of the Majority Rule Voting System ? Two Researchers Are Convinced it Can
HEC Professor Itzhak Gilboa and his team decided to devote themselves to the theme of voting at the 2017 D-TEA workshop (Decision: Theory, Experiments & Applications). Set in the historic Institut Henri Poincaré, central Paris, the economist and specialist in Decision...
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D-TEA Conference 2015 : the Best of Research in Decisions Making and Finance
On May 27th-29th 2015, HEC Paris in partnership with the AXA Research Fund organized the 7th edition of its D-TEA (Decision: Theory, Experiments, and Applications) conference. The event took place in Paris 8 at AXA GIE. It brought together distinguished scholars from a...
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Itzhak Gilboa receives 2014 Best Researcher prize for his work in decision science
The 2014 edition of the HEC Foundation awards was held on 15 December 2014 in the presence of Guillaume Poitrinal, president of the HEC Foundation, and Bernard Ramantsoa, director of HEC Paris. In their 38th year, the awards highlighted excellence in management science and...
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D-TEA Conference: Understanding the Rationality in Decision-Making
The question of who makes decisions, and how these decisions are made, has shaped the world’s systems of government, justice, business and social order. Research in decision science has always broken new ground, and HEC Paris organized the 6th edition of its D-TEA...
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Brian Hill is awarded the CNRS 2014 Bronze Medal for Research on Decision Science
Brian Hill, affiliate professor at the Economics and Decision Science department, has been awarded the Bronze medal by France’s national research institute CNRS. A talented specialist in his field, this award recognizes Brian Hill’s first research work.
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RESEARCH SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
Nov 30
2023
11:20 am
Jouy-En-Josas
English
Dec 05
2023
11:20 am
Jouy-En-Josas
English
Dec 16
2023
8:30 am
Jouy-En-Josas
English
The AI and Entrepreneurship Workshop at HEC Paris covers a broad range of topics in entrepreneurship and AI, the intersection of AI and entrepreneurship, and the implications of AI for innovation, labor, firm creation, and the organization of the firm. It will offer plenty of opportunities for research discussions and interactions inside and outside the seminar room.
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PEREZ DE LABORDA
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