Thomas Philippon

Biography

Thomas Philippon is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance at New York University, Stern School of Business. Philippon was named one of the “top 25 economists under 45” by the IMF in 2014. He has won the 2013 Bernácer Prize for Best European Economist under 40, the 2010 Michael Brennan & BlackRock Award, the 2009 Prize for Best Young French Economist, and the 2008 Brattle Prize for the best paper in Corporate Finance.

Philippon has studied various topics in macroeconomics and finance: systemic risk and financial crisis, the dynamics of corporate investment and household debt, financial innovation and financial regulation, Eurozone crisis. His recent book “The Great Reversal” (Harvard Press, 2019) focuses on the increasing market power of large firms.

He currently serves as an academic advisor to the Financial Stability Board and to the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. He was previously an advisor to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, a board member of the French prudential regulatory authority from 2014 to 2019, and the senior economic advisor to the French finance minister in 2012- 2013.

Philippon graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, received a PhD in Economics from MIT, and joined New York University in 2003.

Research Interests

• Macroeconomics
• Corporate finance
• Business cycles
• Earnings management
• Unemployment

Courses Taught

• Corporate Finance Topics
• Risk Management in Financial Institutions

Academic Background

Ph.D., Economics, 2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

M.A., Economics, 1998
Delta-Ehess, France

M.A., Physics, 1997
Ecole Polytechnique, France

Awards & Appointments

IMF	One of the top 25 economists under age 45	2014
	Bernácer Prize for best European economist under age 40 in macroeconomics and finance	2013
Review of Financial Studies	Michael Brennan & BlackRock Award, Best Paper	2010
Kiel Institute for the World Economyi	Global Economic Fellow 2009	2009
Cercle des économistes/ Le Monde	Best Young French Economist	2009
Journal of Finance	Brattle Prize (First Prize), Best Paper in Corporate Finance	2008
ANDRH	Stylo d'Or, Best Book on Human Resources Management	2007
	Glucksman Prize Honorable Mention, Best Working Paper in Finance	2006
MIT	Robert M. Solow Prize for Excellence in Research and Teaching	2003
	Review of Economic Studies Tour	2003

Selected Publications

T. Phillippon and V. Skreta (2010)
Optimal Interventions in Markets with Adverse Selection
American Economic Review, forthcoming

T. Phillippon (2009)
The bond market's Q
Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2009, 124(3), 1011-56

T. Phillippon and S. Kedia (2009)
The economics of fraudulent accounting
Review of Financial Studies, June 2009, 22(6): 2169-2199

T. Phillippon and H. Almeida (2007)
The risk-adjusted cost of financial distress
Journal of Finance, December 2007, 62(6): 2557-86

T. Phillippon
Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006