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Augustin LANDIER

Professor

Finance

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Biography

Augustin Landier is professor of finance at HEC. Prior to that, he was professor at the Toulouse School of Economics. He has taught finance at New York University (2004-2009), at the University of Chicago (2002-2004), and was a Resident Scholar at the International Monetary Fund (2009).  He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Business School (2016) and Princeton (2013). He completed his PhD in Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002, and graduated from Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris in 1998. His research is largely focused on behavioral finance, asset management, banking and corporate finance. It has been published in lead scientific Journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Quarterly Journal of Economics or the Review of Economic Studies. He was awarded the 2014 “best french young economist” award. He is also active in the public policy debate, was a member of the French Council of Economic Analysis (2010-1012 and 2014-2016) and has published several books, among which « Investing for Change » (Oxford Press 2009).

Scientific articles

Books

Chapters in edited books

Working papers

Scientific articles

A Multiplicative Model of Optimal CEO Incentives in Market Equilibrium

Review of Financial Studies, 3 February 2009, vol. 22, n° 12, pp 4881-4917, (in coll. with Alex Edmans, Xavier Gabaix)

Financial Contracting with Optimistic Entrepreneurs: Theory and Evidence

Review of Financial Studies, January 2009, vol. 22, n° 1, pp 117-150, (in coll. with D. THESMAR)

Financial Risk Management: When Does Independence Fail?

American Economic Review, 2 December 2009, vol. 99, n° 2, pp 454-458, (in coll. with D. Sraer, D. THESMAR)

Optimal Dissent in Organizations

Review of Economic Studies, April 2009, vol. 76, n° 2, pp 761-794, (in coll. with D. Sraer, D. THESMAR)

Books

Chapters in edited books

Working papers

Bottom-Up Corporate Governance

Working Paper Series, Social Science Research Network , 2005

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, MIT, Sloan School of Management - USA
  • DEA, Economy, -, DELTA-EHESS - France
  • DEA de Philosophie des Sciences, Université de Paris I - France
  • Agregation de Mathematiques, Université de Paris VI - France
  • Concours Maths 1994-1998, ENS Paris - France
  • Maitrise de Mathematiques, Université de Paris VI - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2017- Professor, Finance HEC Paris
  • 2017- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member of the French Council of Economic Analysis (CAE)

Editorial activities

  • 2008- Chroniqueur Les Echos

  • Conference organisation

  • 2012-2013 Commissaire Scientifique de l’Exposition sur l’Economie de la Cité des Sciences
  • Awards & honors

    • 2011 Europlace Best Paper on a Hot Topic Award