Member of the ECB's Executive Board
Benoît Cœuré
Date of birth: 17 March 1969
Place of birth: Grenoble, France
Education
- 1985
- Baccalauréat, Lycée Stendhal, Grenoble
- 1990
- École polytechnique
- 1991
- BA in Japanese, Université Paris Diderot
- 1992
- École nationale de la statistique et de l’administration économique
MA in Economic Analysis and Policy, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
Professional career
- 1992-1995
- Economist, Macroeconomic Policy and Growth Division, INSEE (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies)
- 1995-1997
- Economist, Foreign Exchange Policy and Balance of Payments Unit, French Treasury
- 1997-2002
- Economic adviser to the Director General of the French Treasury
- 1999-2001
- Head of the Foreign Exchange Policy and Economic Policy Unit, French Treasury
- 2002-2006
- Deputy Chief Executive, Agence France Trésor
- 2006-2007
- Chief Executive, Agence France Trésor
- 2007-2009
- Head of the Multilateral Affairs and Development Department, French Treasury
- 2009-2011
- Deputy Director General of the French Treasury
- Since January 2012
- Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Other posts
-
Co-chair of the Paris Club (2007 - 2009)
-
G7 Deputy-Deputy and G8 Finance Sous-Sherpa for France (2007 - 2009)
-
Co-chair of the G20 Working Group on Reforming the World Bank and the Other Multilateral Development Banks (2009) and of the G20 Sub-Working Group on Global Liquidity Management (2011)
-
Member of the OECD’s Working Party No 3 (2009 - 2011)
-
Member of the EU Sub-Committee on Bills and Bonds and of the Steering Committee of the OECD Working Party on Debt Management (2002 - 2007)
-
Member of the Board of Directors of the CADES (2002 - 2007) and of the Agence française de développement (French Development Agency) (2007 - 2009)
-
Member of the Conseil d’analyse économique (Council of Economic Analysis), Conseil d’orientation des retraites (Pensions Advisory Council) and Conseil d’orientation pour l’emploi (Employment Advisory Council (2009 - 2011)
Decorations
-
France: Médaille de la défense nationale (1988)
-
France: Médaille d’outre-mer (1988)
-
France: Chevalier de l’Ordre national du mérite (2009)
Academic awards
-
Nominated for best young French economist (2005)
Publications
Author of several articles and books on international and European monetary and financial issues, including:
Books
-
Économie de l’euro, La Découverte, Paris, 2002, re-edited in 2010 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré).
-
Politique économique, De Boeck, Brussels, 2004, re-edited in 2009 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré, P. Jacquet and J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
Dealing with the New Giants: Rethinking the Role of Pension Funds, ICMB/CEPR Geneva Report on the World Economy, London, 2006 (with T. Boeri, L. Bovenberg and A. Roberts).
-
Le monde a-t-il encore besoin de la finance?, PUF/Descartes & Cie, Paris, 2009.
-
Economic Policy: Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press, New York, 2010 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré, P. Jacquet and J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
Quelles réformes pour sauver l'État?, PUF/Descartes & Cie, Paris, 2011 (co-edited with J. -Paul Betbèze).
-
France 2030: cinq scénarios de croissance, Rapport du Centre d’analyse stratégique, No 35, La documentation Française, Paris, 2011 (co-edited with V. Chriqui, report written by A. Pichon and C. Schaff).
Articles
-
“Le rôle international de l’euro: chronique d’une décennie”, Revue d’économie politique, Vol. 120, No 2, 2010 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré).
-
“The Crisis: Policy Challenges and Policy Responses”, Bruegel Working Paper, December 2009 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré, P. Jacquet and J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“Le G20: feu de paille ou creuset d’une nouvelle gouvernance mondiale?”, in IFRI (ed.), Ramsès 2010, Dunod, Paris, 2009.
-
“Crise du marché ou crise de l’action publique?”, in Dockès, P. and Lorenzi, J-H. (eds.), Fin du monde ou sortie de crise?, Perrin, Paris, 2009.
-
“Faut-il avoir peur des fonds souverains?”, in Jacquillat, B. (ed.), Hedge Funds, Private Equity, marchés financiers: les frères ennemis?, Les cahiers du cercle des économistes, PUF/Descartes & Cie, Paris, 2008.
-
“Mettre les fonds de pension au service de la croissance”, L’Économie mondiale 2008, Repères/La Découverte, Paris, 2007.
-
“Normes comptables et gestion de la dette publique”, Revue d’économie financière, No 87, 2007.
-
“The Governance of the European Union’s International Economic Relations: How Many Voices?”, in Sapir, A. (ed.), Fragmented Power: Europe and the Global Economy, Bruegel, 2007 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“On the Identification of De Facto Currency Pegs”, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 20, No 1, 2006, pp. 112-127 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré and V. Mignon).
-
“Fiscal Policy in EMU: Towards a Sustainability and Growth Pact”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 21, No 4, 2005, pp. 598-617 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“L’agence France Trésor, quatre ans après”, Revue française de finances publiques, No 89, 2005.
-
“Un bilan de l’émission des obligations françaises indexées sur l’inflation”, Diagnostics Prévisions analyses économiques,No 89, 2005 (with N. Sagnes).
-
“À la recherche d’une gouvernance économique pour l’Europe”, Questions internationales, 2005.
-
“Risk Management of Government Debt in France”, Advances in Risk Management of Government Debt, OECD, Paris, 2005, pp. 189-197 (with B. de Mazières).
-
“A Sustainability Pact for the Eurozone”, in Tsoulakis, L. (ed.), Governance and Legitimacy in EMU, European University Institute/Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, Florence, 2005 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“The Narrow Road to the Single Asian Currency: Lessons from Optimal Currency Areas and the Euro”, in De Brouwer, G. and Kawai, M. (eds.), Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia, Routledge, London, 2004.
-
“Big and Small Currencies: The Regional Connection”, in Artus, P., Cartapanis, A. and Legros, F. (eds.), Regional Currency Areas in Globalization, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2004 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré).
-
“Que faire pour améliorer la gouvernance de la zone euro?”, Les Cahiers français, No 319, March 2004, pp. 48-55, (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“Autour de l’euro et au-delà: l’UEM et les coopérations renforcées”, Commissariat général du Plan, Paris, May 2003 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“Attractivité de la France: analyse, perception et mesure”, Économie et statistique, No 363-364-365, October 2003, pp. 97-127 (with I. Rabaud).
-
“Compte de patrimoine et gestion actif-passif de l’État”. Revue française d’économie, 2002.
-
“L’Eurogroupe: bilan et perspectives”, Revue d’économie financière, No 65, 2002.
-
“De Madrid à Prague: un regard européen sur la réforme de l’architecture financière internationale”, Commentaire,No 94, June 2001, pp. 269-282 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“L’avenir des petites monnaies: solutions régionales ou solutions en coin”, Revue d’économie politique, Vol. 110, No 3, 2000, pp. 345-379 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré).
-
“Events, Ideas, and Actions: an Intellectual and Institutional Retrospective of the Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System”, Document de travail du Conseil d’analyse économique, 2000 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“The Euro, Yen, and Dollar: Making the Case against Benign Neglect”, in Kenen, P. and Swoboda, A. (eds.), Reforming the International Monetary and Financial System, International Monetary Fund, Washington, 2000 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“Commerce électronique et emploi”, Revue d’économie financière, Vol. 53, No 3, 1999 (with A. Bayet and X. Merlin).
-
“The Case Against Benign Neglect of Exchange-Rate Stability”, Finance & Development, Vol. 36, No 3, 1999 (with J. Pisani-Ferry).
-
“Investissement, incertitude et irréversibilité: quelques développements récents de la théorie de l’investissement”, Revue économique, Vol. 48, No 1, 1997 (with J. Bourdieu and B. Sédillot).
-
“Positionner les économies dans le cycle: mise en œuvre, limites et utilisations de l’écart de PIB”, Économie internationale, 1997 (with F. Boccara, K. Bouthevillain and D. Eyssartier).
-
“Crédibilité et fondamentaux macroéconomiques au sein du SME: un examen empirique”, Économie et prévision, No 123-124, 1996, pp. 113-146 (with A. Magnier).
-
“Imperfections du marché du crédit, investissement des entreprises et cycle économique”, Économie et prévision, No 120, 1995, pp. 161-185 (with L. Bloch).
-
“q de Tobin marginal et transmission des chocs financiers”, Annales d’économie et de statistique, No 36, 1994 (with L. Bloch).
-
“Profitabilité, investissement et chocs financiers: France, États-Unis, Allemagne, Japon, 1970-1993”, Économie et statistique, No 268-269, 1993 (with L. Bloch).
-
“Irreversible Investment and Uncertainty: When is There a Value of Waiting?”, INSEE Working Paper, No G-9501, 1995 (with J. Bourdieu and B. Sédillot).
back to top
