Sébastien JEAN

Research themes

  • International economics
  • International trade
  • Industrial organisation

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Professional career of Sébastien JEAN

Sébastien Jean is professor of economics at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Paris), in charge of chaire Jean-Baptiste Say d’économie industrielle, and member of Lirsa since March 2022. He has previously been Director of CEPII, the French leading centre for research and expertise in international economics, from 2012 to 2021, and a Senior Scientist with INRAE, the French national institute for research on agriculture, food and environment, from 2007 to 2022, after holding other positions at OECD and CEPII. He is also a member of France’s Council of Economic Advisers (Conseil d’analyse économique) and National Productivity Council (CNP), a Research Associate with CEPII, a Policy Associate with GEP (University of Nottingham, UK), and a fellow of CESifo Research Network (Munich, Germany). He has taught in various institutions. His research and policy works mainly deal with the applied economic analysis of globalization, with special emphasis on international trade, trade policies, and international economic policy.  He graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris and holds a PhD in economics from University of Paris-1. 

Selection of important or recent publications

  • “Firms' Exports, Volatility and Skills: Evidence from France”, with Maria Bas, Pamela Bombarda and Gianluca Orefice, European Economic Review, Volume 140, November 2021, 103941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103941
  • “How the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Reshaping the Trade Landscape and What to Do About It”, Intereconomics – Review of European Economic Policy, Vol. 55, No. 3, May-June 2020.
  • “Competing liberalizations: tariffs and trade in the twenty-first century”, with Jean-Christophe Bureau and Houssein Guimbard, Review of World Economics, Vol. 155, Issue 4, pp 707–753, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-019-00346-1, 2019.
  •  “Agricultural Trade Liberalization in the 21st Century: Has it Done the Business?”, with Jean-Christophe Bureau and Houssein Guimbard, Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(1), pp. 3-25, 2018. European Association of Agricultural Economists' Quality of Policy Contribution Award in honor of Giovanni Anania, 2019.
  • "La folle histoire de la mondialisation", with Isabelle Bensidoun and Enzo, éditions Les Arènes BD, 245 pages, April 2021.