Christian de Boissieu (born 18 March 1947) is a French professor of

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Biography

Christian de Boissieu received a Ph.D. in

in 1973 at the University of Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He was post-doctoral fellow at

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and

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(1973–74), and visiting scholar at the

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(1978) and at the Board of Governors of the

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(1982). He is currently professor at Pantheon-Sorbonne University, where he is the director of the famous master's degree in Banking and Finance, and also teaches at the European School of Political and Social Sciences in

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. Moreover, he taught at the

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(1999–2004). He was consultant to the

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and to the

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, and has been in charge of a TACIS program mission in

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on domestic arrears,

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and

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. He is also economic adviser to the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and member of the "Conseil National du Crédit", "Comité des Etablissements de Crédit et des Entreprises d'Investissement" (CECEI) and of the "Comité de la Réglementation Bancaire et Financière". He is honorary President of the French Finance Association and of the

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. He was a member of the advisory board of

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(

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) and member of the advisory board of

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(France).Le Point, ''Quand les économistes perdent le sens commun'', 15 September 2011.
/ref> From 2003, he has been president of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique attached to the

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. He has published many books and articles in the field of monetary analysis and economic policy. He is a regular columnist for ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Les Échos''.

Publications

* ''Banking in France, Routledge, London 1990'' * ''Les mutations de l'économie française, Economica, Paris 1997'' * ''Monnaie et Economie, Economica, Paris 1998'' * ''Les mutations de l'économie mondiale, Economica, Paris 2000'' * ''Les Entreprises Françaises 2001, Economica, Paris 2001'' * ''Les Entreprises Françaises 2002, Economica, Paris 2002'' * ''Les normes comptables et le monde post-Enron, La Documentation Française, 2003'' * ''Les systèmes financiers. Mutations, Crises et Régulation, Economica Paris 2004'' * ''Les Entreprises Françaises 2004, Economica, Paris 2004'' * ''Economie contemporaine, Tome 2, Les phénomènes monétaires (with Denise Flouzat), Presses Universitaires de France, 2004''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boissieu, Christian De 1947 births Living people French economists Lycée Montaigne (Paris) alumni Sciences Po alumni Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni Academic staff of Pantheon-Sorbonne University Harvard Fellows Commanders of the Legion of Honour Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Honorary officers of the Order of the British Empire Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany