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Antonin BERGEAUD

Associate Professor

Economics and Decision Sciences

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Biography

Antonin Bergeaud is a specialist in economic growth and innovation. His research focuses on the long-run determinants of GDP evolution, whether through the study of sources of heterogeneity between firms, the creation and diffusion of innovations, or the dynamics of productivity.

Antonin received his PhD from the Paris School of Economics in 2018 and is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique. Prior to working at HEC, he was a research economist at the Banque de France

Scientific articles

Coase Lecture - The Inverted-U Relationship Between Credit Access and Productivity Growth

Economica, January 2019, vol. 86, n° 341, pp 1-31, (in coll. with P. Aghion, G. Cette, R. Lecat, H. Maghin)

The role of production factor quality and technology diffusion in twentieth-century productivity growth

Cliometrica, January 2018, vol. 12, n° 1, pp 61-97, (in coll. with G. Cette, R. Lecat)

Firm Dynamics and Growth Measurement in France

Journal of the European Economic Association, August 2018, vol. 16, n° 4, pp 933-956, (in coll. with P. Aghion, T. Boppart, S. Bunel)

Total Factor Productivity in Advanced Countries: A Long-term Perspective

International Productivity Monitor, 2017, vol. 32, n° 6, (in coll. with G. CETTE, R. LECAT)

Classifying patents based on their semantic content

PLOS One, 2017, vol. 12, n° 4, pp e0176310, (in coll. with Y. Potiron, J. Raimbault)

Productivity Trends in Advanced Countries between 1890 and 2012

Review of Income and Wealth, September 2016, vol. 62, n° 3, pp 420-444, (in coll. with G. Cette, R. Lecat)

Proceedings

Working papers

Scientific articles

Global value chains and domestic innovation

Research Policy, April 2023, vol. 52, n° 3, (in coll. with K. Ito, K. Ikeuchi, C. Criscuolo, J. Timmis)

Identifying technology clusters based on automated patent landscaping

PLOS One, December 2023, vol. 18, n° 12, pp e0295587, (in coll. with C. VERLUISE)

Télétravail et productivité avant, pendant et après la pandémie de Covid‑19 / Telework and Productivity Before, During and After the COVID-19 Crisis

Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2023, vol. 539, pp 73-89, (in coll. with G. CETTE, S. DRAPALA)

The Impact of Regulation on Innovation

American Economic Review, November 2023, vol. 113, n° 11, pp 2894-2936, (in coll. with P. AGHION, J. VAN REENEN)

Proceedings

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, École d'économie de Paris (Paris School of Economics) - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2022- Associate Professor, Economics and Decision Science HEC Paris
  • 2022- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris, GREGHEC HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Econometrica; Quarterly Journal of Economics; American Economic Review Insight; Economic Journal; Journal of European Economic Association; Quantitative Economics; European Economic Review; PLOS ONE; Journal of Industrial Organization; Economics of Transition; Political Studies; Review of Economic Dynamics; International Productivity Monitor; Economic Bulletin; Revue Economique