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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

Proceedings

Working papers

Scientific articles

Coase Lecture - The Inverted-U Relationship Between Credit Access and Productivity Growth

Economica, January 2019, vol. 86, n° 341, pp 1-31, (in coll. with P. Aghion, G. Cette, R. Lecat, H. Maghin)

Innovation and Top Income Inequality

Review of Economic Studies, January 2019, vol. 86, n° 1, pp 1-45, (in coll. with P. Aghion, U. Akcigit, R. Blundell, D. Hemous)

Missing Growth from Creative Destruction

American Economic Review, August 2019, vol. 109, n° 8, pp 2795-2822, (in coll. with P. Aghion, T. Boppart, P. J. Klenow, H. Li)

Firm Dynamics and Growth Measurement in France

Journal of the European Economic Association, August 2018, vol. 16, n° 4, pp 933-956, (in coll. with P. Aghion, T. Boppart, S. Bunel)

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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