Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (born 15 March 1966) is a French

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who has been serving as Deputy Governor of the

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since 2023. From 2020 to 2023, Bénassy-Quéré was the chief economist at the

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(or French Treasury). She is also a professor of economics at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the

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Career

Bénassy-Quéré's research interests include the

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exchange rates In finance, an exchange rate is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another currency. Currencies are most commonly national currencies, but may be sub-national as in the case of Hong Kong or supra-national as in the case of ...

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, and the

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. Bénassy-Quéré worked for the Ministry of the Economy and Finance before moving to academic positions successively at

Cergy-Pontoise University Cergy-Pontoise University (, ) was a French university, located in Cergy-Pontoise, France. On 1 January 2020, the university merged with the International School of Information Processing Sciences (EISTI) and the University of Paris-Seine to fo ...

(1993–1996), Lille 2 (1996–1999), Paris-Ouest (2000–2004) and

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(2009–2011). In addition, Bénassy-Quéré also served as a deputy director (1998–2006) and as director (2006–2012) of the Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII). Since 2023: second deputy governor of the Bank of France, replacing Sylvie Goulard.

Recognition

Bénassy-Quéré's research was awarded Best Young French Economist Award by

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and ''

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'' in 2000 (together with Bruno Amable).

Other activities

* Bruegel, Member of the Board * CESifo, Research Network Fellow *

German Institute for Economic Research The German Institute for Economic Research (), or, more commonly DIWBerlin, is a economic research institute in Germany, involved in economic research and policy advice. According to Repec, it is among the top-10 percent of non-profit economic ...

(DIW), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board *

, Member of the General Council (–2020)Nomination de M. Gilles SAVARY au conseil général de la Banque de France

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, press release of 31 July 2020.

References

External links

Profile of Agnès Bénassy-Quéré on the website of the Paris School of Economics
1966 births Living people French women economists French economists International economists Academic staff of the Paris School of Economics ESCP Business School alumni Paris Dauphine University alumni Knights of the Legion of Honour Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite People from Paris {{France-economist-stub

Career

Recognition

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