Philippe Aghion
Economist; research on innovation and growth
Signed the letter · Academia · France
Economist. Author of work on innovation, competition, and economic growth, including 'Competition and Innovation: An Inverted-U Relationship' and 'Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency, and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry'. Co-recipient of the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.
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28 works in the co-authorship map · 10,117 citations across them
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In the network
17 co-authors on the map · PageRank #3 of 400 · bridge #6 of 400 · 3 steps from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Innovation and economic growth.
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Documented positions
Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? it's complicated
Models how AI can accelerate growth, but argues gains are constrained by bottleneck sectors that resist automation (Baumol's cost disease).
Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Will AI widen inequality? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Should governments act on AI now? leans agree
Argues competition and labor-market policy shape whether AI's growth benefits materialize.
Evidence
- Artificial Intelligence and Economic Growth
- “Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter urging policymakers to prepare for AI's economic impact” — source
How fast will the impact arrive? unknown
No documented evidence reviewed yet.
Selected work
- Competition and innovation: an inverted U relationship
- Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency, and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry
- AI and Growth: Where Do We Stand?
In the research collection
Writes with
Simon Bunel (10), Xavier Jaravel (8), Céline Antonin (7), Peter Howitt (5), Benjamin Jones (2), Charles I. Jones (2), David Hémous (2), John Van Reenen (2), Mathias Dewatripont (2), Ufuk Akcigit (2), Antoine Dechezleprêtre (1), Christopher A. Pissarides (1)
Co-authors on the map, by papers written together (12 of 17 shown).
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