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Antonin BERGEAUD

Associate Professor

Economics and Decision Sciences

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Biography

Antonin Bergeaud is a specialist in economic growth and innovation. His research focuses on the long-run determinants of GDP evolution, whether through the study of sources of heterogeneity between firms, the creation and diffusion of innovations, or the dynamics of productivity.

Antonin received his PhD from the Paris School of Economics in 2018 and is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique. Prior to working at HEC, he was a research economist at the Banque de France

Scientific articles

Technological Change and Domestic Outsourcing

Journal of Labor Economics, October 2025, vol. 43, n° 4, pp 1135-1168, (in coll. with C. MALGOUYRES, C. MAZET-SONILHAC , S. SIGNORELLI)

From Public Labs to Private Firms: Magnitude And Channels of Local R&D Spillovers

Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2025, vol. 140, n° 4, pp 3233-3282, (in coll. with A. Guillouzouic, E. Henry, C. Malgouyres)

L’intelligence artificielle au service de l’innovation : une analyse sur des données de brevets [Artificial intelligence at the service of innovation: an analysis of patent data]

Revue d'Économie Financière, September 2025, vol. 159, pp 35-46,

Telework and productivity: insights from an original survey

Applied Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 31, n° 19, pp 2026-2029, (in coll. with G. Cette, S. Drapala)

Opposing firm-level responses to the China shock: horizontal competition versus vertical relationships

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, May 2024, vol. 16, n° 2, pp 249-269, (in coll. with P. AGHION, M. LEQUIEN, M. MELITZ, T. ZUBER)

¿Cuál es el futuro de la productividad? [What is the future of productivity?]

Oikonomics, November 2024, vol. 23, (in coll. with G. CETTE)

The Heterogeneous Impact of Market Size on Innovation: Evidence from French Firm-Level Exports

Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2024, vol. 106, n° 3, pp 608-626, (in coll. with P. AGHION, M. LEQUIEN, M. MELITZ)

Proximity of firms to scientific production

Annals of Economics and Statistics, March 2024, vol. 153, pp 105-134, (in coll. with Guillouzouic)

A new Dataset to Study a Century of Innovation in Europe and in the US

Research Policy, January 2024, vol. 53, n° 1, pp 104903, (in coll. with C. VERLUISE)

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents

Review of Economic Studies, November 2023, vol. 90, n° 6, pp 2675-2702, (in coll. with P. AGHION, T. BOPPART, P. J. KLENOW, H. LI)

Proceedings

Monetary policy in an era of transformation - The Past, Present and Future of European Productivity

ECB Forum on Central Banking , 2024 , Frankfurt am Main

Working papers

Scientific articles

From Public Labs to Private Firms: Magnitude And Channels of Local R&D Spillovers

Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2025, vol. 140, n° 4, pp 3233-3282, (in coll. with A. Guillouzouic, E. Henry, C. Malgouyres)

L’intelligence artificielle au service de l’innovation : une analyse sur des données de brevets [Artificial intelligence at the service of innovation: an analysis of patent data]

Revue d'Économie Financière, September 2025, vol. 159, pp 35-46,

Technological Change and Domestic Outsourcing

Journal of Labor Economics, October 2025, vol. 43, n° 4, pp 1135-1168, (in coll. with C. MALGOUYRES, C. MAZET-SONILHAC , S. SIGNORELLI)

¿Cuál es el futuro de la productividad? [What is the future of productivity?]

Oikonomics, November 2024, vol. 23, (in coll. with G. CETTE)

Proceedings

Monetary policy in an era of transformation - The Past, Present and Future of European Productivity

ECB Forum on Central Banking , 2024 , Frankfurt am Main

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, École d'économie de Paris (Paris School of Economics) - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2022- Associate Professor, Economics and Decision Science HEC Paris
  • 2022- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris, GREGHEC HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Econometrica; Quarterly Journal of Economics; American Economic Review Insight; Economic Journal; Journal of European Economic Association; Quantitative Economics; European Economic Review; PLOS ONE; Journal of Industrial Organization; Economics of Transition; Political Studies; Review of Economic Dynamics; International Productivity Monitor; Economic Bulletin; Revue Economique

  • Awards & honors

    • 2025 2025 Best Young Economist Award
    • 2025 2025 HEC Foundation researcher award