Paul Seabright (born 8 July 1958) is a British professor of

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in the

Industrial Economics Institute The ''industrial economics institute (French: Institut d'Économie Industrielle) (IDEI) is a research center in economics located in Toulouse (France) within the Toulouse 1 University Capitole. It was founded in 1990 by Jean-Jacques Laffont. The ...

and Toulouse School of Economics at the

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, France.

Education

Seabright did his undergraduate studies at

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, and gained congratulatory first class honours in 1980. He completed his

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in 1982 and

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in 1988 from the

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Academic and professional career

Seabright was a Fellow of

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and of Churchill College,

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. He was assistant director of research and a Reader in Economics at the University of Cambridge until 2001. He is a contributor to the ''

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'' and is also the chairman of Bruegel's Scientific Council, managing editor of economic policy since 2001 and research fellow of the

Center for Economic and Policy Research The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) is an American think tank that specializes in economic policy. Based in Washington, D.C. CEPR was co-founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot in 1999. Considered a left-leaning orga ...

since 1989. Seabright has been a consultant to private sector firms, governments and international organisations including the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. He has been visiting professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies in India (1984–85), the

Université libre de Bruxelles The (French language, French, ; lit. Free University of Brussels; abbreviated ULB) is a French-speaking research university in Brussels, Belgium. It has three campuses: the ''Solbosch'' campus (in the City of Brussels and Ixelles), the ''Plain ...

(1997–98), the

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in Bruges (1998–99), the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2000), and the Ecole Polytechnique near Paris (1998–2003). He is a fellow of the

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Research interests

Seabright's current research focuses on microeconomic theory, development economics, industrial policy in transition economies, and state aids to industry.

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* 1958 births Alumni of New College, Oxford British writers Education in Toulouse English economists Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge Academic staff of the College of Europe Living people People educated at Oundle School Fellows of the European Economic Association {{UK-economist-stub