Antonin BERGEAUD

Associate Professor

Economics and Decision Sciences

bergeaud@hec.fr https://sites.google.com/site/abergeaudeco
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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

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Working papers

Scientific articles

The role of production factor quality and technology diffusion in twentieth-century productivity growth

Cliometrica, January 2018, vol. 12, n° 1, pp 61-97, (in coll. with G. Cette, R. Lecat)

Classifying patents based on their semantic content

PLOS One, 2017, vol. 12, n° 4, pp e0176310, (in coll. with Y. Potiron, J. Raimbault)

Total Factor Productivity in Advanced Countries: A Long-term Perspective

International Productivity Monitor, 2017, vol. 32, n° 6, (in coll. with G. CETTE, R. LECAT)

Productivity Trends in Advanced Countries between 1890 and 2012

Review of Income and Wealth, September 2016, vol. 62, n° 3, pp 420-444, (in coll. with G. Cette, R. Lecat)

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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