Luc Jacolin
Deputy Head of the Zone franc and Development Financing Division, Banque de France
Luc Jacolin is an economist and Deputy Head of the Franc Zone and Development Financing Division at the Banque de France. His work focuses on development economics: financial inclusion, international aid, and, more recently, bank competition in poor countries.
Current Job
Deputy Head of the Franc Zone and Development Financing Division
Previous jobs
Desk Economist , African Department, IMF (1998-2000)
PhD student and research assistant, University of Texas, Austin
Economist, Monetary Statistics Division, Banque de France
Diplomas
- PhD (Incomplete: All But Dissertation) in Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs
- Masters degree in Public Administration, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
- Masters degree in Monetary Economics, Paris 1 Sorbonne University, Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) Paris, ESSEC Graduate Business School, Finances
Research interest
International and development economics, African economies and Franc Zone, financial inclusion, bank competition, climate change
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Academic Publications
Articles
- 2021 “Informal Sector and Mobile financial services in emerging and developing countries: does financial Innovation matter?” The World Economy
- 2020 “ Credit risk and bank competition in Sub-Saharan Africa”; Emerging Markets Review, 44
- 2017 “Financial Inclusion, Bank Concentration, and Firm Performance”, World Development, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 1-13
- 2014 “L'inclusion financière en Afrique subsaharienne : faits stylisés et déterminants”, Revue d'économie financière, vol. 0(4), pages 57-80
- 2011 “Is development aid affected by economic cycles and fiscal policy in donor countries?”, Techniques financières et développement, with S. Guérineau, n° 105, December.
- 2011 “Main conclusions of the international colloquium on microfinance” (with P. Loridant, et al.), Techniques financières et développement, n° 185, September.
- 1995 “Credit pricing”, Revue d’économie Financière, with O. Paquier, Vol. 35, n° 35, pp. 119-140