Awards and Honors
- Wells Prize, awarded biannually by Harvard University to the best Ph.D. thesis in economics (1975);
- Silver Medal of the CNRS (1990);
- Scientific Prize of the UAP (1991);
- Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (1991);
- Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, which honors the best research professors in France in all disciplines (1991–2001);
- Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993);
- Best economist of the year award from the Nouvel Economiste magazine (1993);
- (with Jean Tirole, Scientific Director of IDEI), the Yrjö Jahnsson Award from the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation and the European Economic Association, awarded biennially to the best European economist under the age of 45 (1993);
- Member of the Economic Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of France (1997);
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne (1998);
- Officer of the French Legion of Honor.
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