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Brigitte Granville

Brigitte Evelyne Granville is an economist with dual French and British nationality. She is Professor of International Economics and Economic Policy in the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London. She founded the Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR).[1]

Brigitte Granville
Born (1957-10-03) 3 October 1957 (age 67)
France
NationalityFrench and British
Academic career
FieldMacroeconomics, monetary economics
InstitutionQueen Mary University of London 2004–
New Economic School 1995–97
School or
tradition		Classical economics
Alma materUniversity of Burgundy (M.Econ., 1979)
Institute of Development Studies (MPhil, 1982)
European University Institute (Ph.D, 1997)
Awards Chevalier des palmes académiques (Knight in the Order of Academic Palms) (2007)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Granville is the author of several economics essays;[2] the best known of these, Remembering Inflation (2013) has been widely cited by economists.[3][4] Granville is known for her work on macroeconomics and public finance and for her comprehensive articles on the subject of economics[5][6] She has written articles for Bloomberg News, the Financial Times,[7] Le Monde and other economic press. Granville is a regular columnist of Project Syndicate. Her book What Ails France? was published in April 2021 by McGill-Queen’s University Press, which described this work as “a wide-ranging survey of the political economy of contemporary France”, applying an economist’s vision to research from other disciplines to fuel “a provocative and at times contentious analysis”.[8] This book has been praised in the Financial Times [9] in the UK, Les Echos in France [10] and the Washington Post in the US.[11]

In addition to her academic research in macroeconomics and public finance, Granville has written articles for Bloomberg News, the Financial Times, Le Monde and other media publications. Granville is a regular columnist of Project Syndicate and The Conversation.

Early life and education

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Granville earned a Maitrise en Sciences Economiques diploma (M.Econ. equivalent) in 1979 at University of Burgundy in Dijon, France. She then earned an MPhil in development studies from the Institute of Development Studies (1980–82), University of Sussex, and then attended the European University Institute (Ph.D, 1997). and was also a summer intern at the World Bank in 1982 and stagiaire at the European Economic Commission from 1987 to 1988.

Career

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From 1992 to 1994, Granville served as a member of the "Monetary & Financial Unit" (MFU) as Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Government. As an analyst she worked with the Central Bank and the banking system, publishing a weekly report called "Monetary Report"[12] on the main macro indicators of the economy and provided analytical support to Russian policymakers on the 1993 Monetary reform in Russia and the question of how to deal with Post-Soviet ruble following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.[13][14]

She then served as Senior Expert at the Russian European Centre for Economic Policy (RECEP) from 1994 through 1997 as Economic Adviser to the Government of the Russian Federation and as associate professor at the New Economic School in Moscow. From 1994 to 1995, Granville served as adviser to the Government of Ukraine.

From September 1997 to June 1998 she was vice president for Russia at J. P. Morgan.

Brigitte Granville worked in the Chatham House think tank, a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in London whose mission is to analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs. She served as Senior Research Fellow, International Economics Programme from 1994 to 1997 and later as Head of the International Economics Programme from January 1999 to December 2003.

In 2002, she was nominated for the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award of the American Economic Association, a prize awarded annually to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession.[15]

In 2007, Granville was appointed a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, a decoration awarded by the French government for services to education.

Consultancy

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World Bank (1982–1983), Ministry of Finance of the Russian Government (1991–1994), Government of Ukraine (1994–1995), Russian European Centre for Economic Policy (RECEP) (1994–1997), Central Bank of Uzbekistan (2003), St Antony's/FIRS group, Oxford University, on research for the National Bank of Kazakhstan (2005–2006).

Editorial roles

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Brigitte Granville is a reviewer for the following journals: Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge University Press, Comparative Economic Studies, Economic Systems, Economy and Society, Emerging markets Finance and Trade, Empirical Economics, International Affairs, International Finance, International Review of Administrative Sciences, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economic History, Open Economies Review, Pacifica Review, Public Finance and Management, Understanding Global Issues, World Development.

She has also collaborated with Cambridge University Press, Manchester University Press, Oxford University Press, Penguin Press.

Charity

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She is a Trustee of Effective Intervention (EI) a UK-registered non-governmental organization involved in research-focused projects on infant mortality and primary education in some of the poorest regions of India, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia.

Personal life

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She is married to Managing Director of TS Lombard, Christopher Granville[citation needed]

Publications

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Books

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  • Granville, Brigitte (2021). What ails France, McGill-Queen’s University Press, ISBN 9780228006800
  • Granville, Brigitte (2013). Remembering inflation. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691145402.
  • Granville, Brigitte (2013). The processes and practices of fair trade : trust, ethics and governance. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-57566-9.
  • Attaran, Amir; Granville, Brigitte (2004). Delivering essential medicines. London Washington, DC: Chatham House Distributed worldwide by Brookings Institution. ISBN 1862031509.
  • Aggarwal, Vinod; Granville, Brigitte (2003). Sovereign debt : origins, crises and restructuring. London Washington, D.C: Royal Institute of International Affairs, International Economics Programme Distributed by the Brookings Institution. ISBN 1862031460.[16]
  • Granville, Brigitte (2002). The economics of essential medicines. London Washington, DC: Royal Institute of International Affairs Distributed worldwide by the Brookings Institution. ISBN 1862031436.
  • Granville, Brigitte (2001). Russia's post-communist economy. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-829526-X.[17]
  • Granville, Brigitte (2000). Essays on the world economy and its financial system. London UK Washington, DC: Royal Institute of International Affairs, International Economics Programme Distributed worldwide by the Brookings Institution (1775 Mass. Ave., NW, 20036. ISBN 1862031045.
  • Granville, Brigitte (1995). The success of Russian economic reforms. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, International Economics Programme. ISBN 1899658068.

Selected essays and articles

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  • Factor prices and induced technical change in the Industrial Revolution, (with Ravshonbek Otojanov and Roger Fouquet), The Economic History Review, 2022: 1-25, September. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13194
  • Does greater Financial Openness promote external competitiveness in emerging markets? The role of institutional quality, (with Zunaira Aman, Sushanta Mallick and, Ilayda Nemlioglu), International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2022: 1-25, September. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2695
  • Choosing the Optimal Tool for Fiscal Adjustment or Living under Fiscal Constraints: Panel Evidence from Selected OECD Countries (with Cagri Esener and Roman Matousek), Economic Research Guardian, Weissberg Publishing, 12(1), 2022: 2-29, June. https://ideas.repec.org/a/wei/journl/v12y2022i1p2-29.html
  • Time variation in inflation persistence: new evidence from modelling US Inflation (with Ning Zeng), Economic Modelling, Volume 81, September 2019: 30-39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2018.12.004
  • The euro is doomed, Inference, Volume 4, Issue 3, March 2019 In response to “One Euro, One Europe” (Vol. 4, No. 2). https://inference-review.com.
  • Withdrawal of Italy from the euro area: stochastic simulations of a structural macroeconometric model (with Alberto Bagnai and Christian A. Mongeau Ospina), Economic Modelling, 2017. 64: 524-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2017.04.010
  • Eurozone cycles: an analysis of phase synchronization, (with Sana Hussain), International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2017. 22: 83-114.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1576
  • Conflicting incentives for the public to support the EMU, (with Dominik Nagly), The Manchester School, 2015: 142-157. Doi: 10.1111/manc.12108.

References

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  1. ^ "The French Malaise". BBC Business Daily.
  2. ^ Ziya Onis; Barry Rubin (2 August 2004). The Turkish Economy in Crisis: Critical Perspectives on the 2000-1 Crises. Routledge. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1-135-75868-4.
  3. ^ "Remembering Inflation by Brigitte Granville". reviewed by: Peter N. Ireland of Boston College in the Journal of Economic Literature: Vol. 52 No. 1
  4. ^ "Granville, Brigitte: Remembering inflation". reviewed by Bernd Hayo, in Journal of Economics; Sep2014, Vol. 113 Issue 1, p97
  5. ^ IDEAS. "Economist Rankings at IDEAS". Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  6. ^ Bruce Bartlett (13 October 2009). The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward. St. Martin's Press. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-0-230-10100-5.
  7. ^ "The way to revive the entente cordiale". Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  8. ^ McGill-Queen’s University Press Catalogue mqup.ca
  9. ^ "What Ails France? A withering, reasoned call for renewal". Financial Times. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  10. ^ "La France malade de sa technocratie". Les Echos (in French). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Opinion | A tantrum by infantilized French populists could elect Marine Le Pen". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  12. ^ OECD (26 October 2011). OECD Economic Surveys: The Russian Federation 1995. OECD Publishing. pp. 38–. ISBN 978-92-64-16703-2.
  13. ^ Delpla, Jacques; Wyplosz, Charles. "Russia's Transition: Muddling-Through" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  14. ^ Dabrowski, Marek (1 December 1993). "Two Years of Economic Reforms in Russia: Main Results" (PDF). CASE Network Studies and Analyses (9). CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1476301. S2CID 154574494. SSRN 1476301.
  15. ^ "CSWEP: Awards and Prizes". Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  16. ^ Martin A. Weiss (June 2010). Iraq's Debt Relief: Procedure and Potential Implications for International Debt Relief. DIANE Publishing. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-1-4379-2724-5.
  17. ^ Vladimir Gel'man; Dmitry Travin; Otar Marganiya (25 June 2014). Reexamining Economic and Political Reforms in Russia, 1985–2000: Generations, Ideas, and Changes. Lexington Books. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-7391-8362-5.
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