Lionel FONTAGNÉ

Bio

University Agrégé, Lionel Fontagné is an advisor to the Department of International Economics and Cooperation at the Banque de France, on secondment from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the Ecole d'Economie de Paris, scientific advisor to CEPII and Research Fellow of CESifo. He previously directed the CEPII, then the Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, and was a member of the Conseil d’Analyse Economique. He was also a consultant to the Banque de France and the Centre du Commerce International.

He has also been a consultant to the Banque de France, the International Trade Centre, the OECD Development Centre, the OECD Directorate for Industry, Science and Technology, the World Bank and the French and Luxembourgish Ministries of Finance.

Author of numerous studies on international trade issues, trade policies and trade and environment, he was awarded in 1999 the prize for best paper by Open Economies Review for his contribution to the debate on optimal monetary zones. In 2008 he received a citation of excellence Emerald Management Reviews for his contribution to understanding the impact of competition from emerging countries. In 2007, then in 2018, he received the distinction of Research Fellow of the Global Trade Analysis Project. In 2023 he joined the GTAP Research Fellow Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to trade policy analysis.