Jean Tirole (1953- )
Awarded the Prize "for his analysis of market power and regulation."
Jean Marcel Tirole (born August 9, 1953) is a French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. In 1981, he received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a thesis titled Essays in economic theory, under the supervision of Eric Maskin.
Major Works:
The Theory of Industrial Organization, 1988
Game Theory (with Drew Fudenberg), 1991
The Theory of Corporate Finance, 2005
