Press Release
Thierry FOUCAULT, Professor at HEC
School of Management, wins the prize for the best
young French Finance Researcher
29th June, 2005
Concerned with encouraging
Research in Finance and prompting
researchers to publish in the best academic journals, the Europlace Institute of
Finance(IEF) has launched 3 prizes for financial research:
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the prize for the best young French researcher in finance,
prize for the best finance article published by French Researchers in
the best financial and/or economic journals,
prize for the best article by French Researchers in the best quantitative
financial journals.
The prize board, an emanation of the Institute scientific council is made up of
20 professor-researchers stemming from the most prestigious universities and
international schools.
Thierry FOUCAULT, professor of Finance at HEC School of Management was
awarded the prize for the best young French researcher (less than 40 years
old) in finance on the 21st June 2005 by the scientific comity of the Europlace
Institute of Finance.
Ph.D. in Finance, Thierry Foucault is the Associate Dean for Research at HEC
and an associate professor in the HEC Finance and Economics department
since 1998 . He is also affiliated researcher at CEPR and a member of
GREGHEC (CNRS).
The Europlace Institute of Finance aims to make optimum use of existing or
potential synergies between economic research and education in Europe
and market professionals’ financial intermediaries, investors and asset
managers, issuers and financial market corporations.
Press Contact, HEC School of Management
Catherine Rousseau
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e-mail : rousseau@hec.fr
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