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Eric MENGUS

Associate Professor

Economics and Decision Sciences

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Biography

Eric Mengus is an engineering graduate from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and earned a Ph.D. in Economics at Toulouse School of Economics in 2014.

His research focuses on macroeconomics and international finance and he works on various topics such as sovereign debt, international capital flows or household insurance. He teaches courses in macroeconomics for and on economics applied to Europe in the Grande Ecole Program. He previously was a researcher for the Banque de France.

Scientific articles

Working papers

Scientific articles

Honoring Sovereign Debt or Bailing Out Domestic Residents? The Limits to Bailouts

Journal of International Economics, September 2018, vol. 114, pp 14-24,

The Signaling Effect of Raising Inflation

Journal of Economic Theory, November 2018, vol. 178, pp 488-516, (in coll. with J. BARTHELEMY)

Working papers

Asset Purchase Bailouts and Endogenous Implicit Guarantees

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Asset Purchase Bailouts and Implicit Guarantees

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Credibility and Monetary Policy

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Forward Guidance and Heterogeneous Beliefs

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

Education

  • Habilitation to conduct research in Economics, Sciences Po Paris - France
  • Doctorat en Sciences Economiques (Ph.D. in Economics), Toulouse School of Economics - France
  • M.Sc., Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées - France
  • Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Université Paris Sorbonne Lettres et Civilisations - France
  • M.Sc., Ecole Polytechnique - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2020- Associate Professor HEC Paris
  • 2014-2020 Assistant Professor HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Reviewer, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Finance, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Growth, Review of International Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics

  • Awards & honors

    • 2019 Prix du jeune chercheur en economie 2019 de la Fondation Banque de France pour la recherche
    • 2015 Prix d'economie de l'Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions Belles Lettres de Toulouse