SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France,
Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Andrei Shleifer is among the world's
most highly cited economists for his research work. He has taken a
year leave from the Harvard campus,
where he has been teaching since 1991, to join SKEMA as a visiting
professor.
Alice Guilhon, SKEMA's dean, is delighted with his arrival:
"Andrei is recognised as one of the world's leading economists. He
can make a significant contribution to SKEMA's research,
particularly in the crucial area of French and European
post-COVID-19 financial and economic recovery."
Florencio Lopez de Silanes, associate dean for academic strategy
at SKEMA and professor of finance and economics, with whom
Andrei Shleifer will continue to
work, underlines a historic cooperation between them: "We have been
co-authors for over 25 years, starting at Harvard where we spent several years together and
helped create the area of "Law and Finance."
The economists will work together on the assignment from
September 15, 2020, to August 31, 2021. Based at the Sophia Antipolis
campus, Andrei will have access to SKEMA's resources from its three
sites in France for his research
work.
Helping leaders boost growth
Professors Lopez de Silanes and Shleifer will work
this year on several research projects at SKEMA. One of these
projects will study the factors that determine investment and
are at the origin of macroeconomic development and employment
growth. This issue is key in France and Europe in the context of the current economic
recession created by the health crisis linked to COVID-19.
The expectations of economic agents condition their consumption
and investment decisions.
Therefore, a turnaround in expectations towards greater optimism is essential for economic recovery.
As a global expert in the formation of macroeconomic expectations,
Professor Shleifer will work with
Professor Lopez de Silanes and other researchers to try to understand how European companies form
expectations and how these impact investment choices, and thus,
economic growth.
Press contact: Christine Cassabois,
christine.cassabois@skema.edu
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