Xavier Ragot
President OFCE, CNRS,
Xavier Ragot, a researcher at the CNRS-PSE, is the president of the French Economic Observatory (the economic research centre of Sciences Po. He is a member of the Economic Analysis Council and the National Economic Committee. Now an Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics, he carried out a dissertation at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and a post-doc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after his studies at University of Paris 10.
He was previously an Economist at the Bank of France. From 2012 to 2013 he was an Economic Advisor at the Ministry of Industry.
His research focuses mainly on monetary and financial macroeconomic questions.He has been published in French and international economic journals such as the Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Journal, Journal of Monetary Economics, la Revue Economique, European Economic Review et Annales d’Economie et de Statistique.
Featured work
Simple Rules for Better Fiscal Policies in Europe
Proposals to reform the euro area are on the agenda again. An overhaul of the complex set of European fiscal rules should be top priority on this agen
European fiscal rules require a major overhaul
In this Policy Contribution prepared for the French Conseil d’Analyse Économique, the authors assess current European fiscal rules and propose a major
The economic case for an expenditure rule in Europe
Proposals for reforming the euro area back on the agenda. An overhaul of the European fiscal rules should be on high on this agenda, because the curre
Which fiscal union for the euro area?
At the current level of political and societal integration, a large federal budget is unrealistic in the euro area. The authors make three recommenda