The Board of the Foundation Banque de France decided, at its meeting on 9 July 2009, on the basis of the assessment of the selection committee, composed of Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (University of Berkeley) and Adrien Verdelhan (MIT Sloan) to grant the prize "young researcher in economics" to:
- Jérôme Mathis, assistant professor, (École d'Économie de Toulouse) : "Transmission stratégique de l'information sur les marchés"
- Jérôme Héricourt, assistant professor (Lille 1) : "relations entre contraintes financières et comportement à l'exportation au niveau des entreprises" ; "économie publique des finances locales"
- Aurélien Eyquem, assistant professor (ENS Lyon) : "Lien entre politique monétaire et effets de variété en économie ouverte" - "optimalité de la politique monétaire au sein de l'UEM"
The prize "Young researcher in economics" is aimed at encouraging young researchers (of all nationalities) affiliated to a French University. It is composed of a fellowsip of 2000 euros and the repurchasing of 80 hours of teaching obligations over two years.