Background
Courbis, Raymond Paul was born on December 22, 1937 in Algiers, Algeria. Son of Jean Paul Courbis and Hélène Jacqueline de Bridiers de Villemor.
Courbis, Raymond Paul was born on December 22, 1937 in Algiers, Algeria. Son of Jean Paul Courbis and Hélène Jacqueline de Bridiers de Villemor.
Graduate in engineering, School Mines Paris, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Paris, 1971. Agrègé, University Paris, 1971.
Doctor honoris causa, Technology University Lisbon, Portugal, 1991.
Chargé de mission, French Ministry Finance, 1962-1971. Association Professor, University Tours, France, 1972-1973. Director, GAMA (Group for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis), since 1972.
Association Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, 1972-1983. Economics Adviser, ENA (National School Administration), 1972-1982. Scientific Adviser, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, France, 1972-1975.
Visiting Professor, University Birmingham, 1973, Laval University, Canada, 1977. Professor of Economics, University Paris-Nanterre, France, since 1974. Editor, Prévision et Analyse Economique.
Editorial Boards, European Economic Review, since 1979, International Regional Science Review, since 1980, Revue d’Economie Régionale et Urbaine, since 1981.
Prize, Member Committee, French Economics Association, 1971,
1978. Member, Consultative Committee Universities, 1977-1980. Member, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France, since 1980.
Member, Jury ‘Concours d’- agregation’ Economics, 1978-1979.
Author: Competitiveness and Growth in a Competitioned Economy, 1975. Co-author: The Fifi Model, 1973 and 1975, The Method of Surplus Accounts, 1975, The Price Models, 1977, The MOGLI Model, 1980, Central and Eastern Europe on its way to European Union, 1999, also others. Contributor articles to science journals and reviews.
Macroeconomic Theory: Introduced in French planning, in the mid-1960s, the differentiation between ‘exposed’, and ‘sheltered’ sectors and proposed the theory of ‘competitive economies’ (‘economies concurrencées’) for open economies, which emphasised supply and led to the supply-oriented policies of the French Vlth and Vllth Plans. More general than the ‘Scandinavian model’, the ‘competitive economies’ theory does not only consider price and wage determination but is a complete theory of overall equilibrium and growth. In 1980, the first version was generalised in a dynamic one, that unifies demandand supply-oriented approaches.
The Keynesian approach is valuable in the short term but intertemporal adjustments are such that economy appears as supply-driven in the long term.
Regional Theory: Emphasised both the important impact of regional factors on national development and the role of supply at the regional level. Proposed to distinguish ‘demand-located’ industries (where regional demand determines regional production) and ‘free-located’ industries (where, in the medium term, regional production depends on the regional capital stock, this latter being itself determined by regional investments and the location behaviour of multiregional firms).
Modelling (for the French economy): Main builder of FIFI (a national medium-term model used for the Vlth and Vllth Plans). Project leader and builder of REGINA (a regional-national
model used for the Vllth Plan), MOGLI (annual short-term-medium-term model), PROTEE (quarterly) and ANAIS (input-output).
National Accounting: Proposed a general framework for consistent and balanced national accounts at constant prices.
Adjustments terms are introduced, and interpreted in terms both of price transfers and productivity gains. It is one of the foundations of the French method of the ‘surplus accounts’.
Regional Accounting: Built a multiand inter-regional input-output table for the French economy.
Lieutenant artillery French Army, 1962-1964. Member French Association Economists, European Economic Association, International Regional Science Association, International Institute Public Finance, International I-O Association, International Association Research in Income and Wealth, Society of Cincinnati.
Married Michèle Françoise Dussy, November 8, 1963. 1 child, Jean Paul.
