--- description: Jean Tirole won the Nobel Prize for Economics for his ‘analysis of market power and regulation’ title: Jean Tirole Wins Nobel Prize for Economics image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4b5ce5e346b9e04/69876041428a9e104dcc47ba/jean-tirole-nobel-prize.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Economy](/tag/economy/) ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # France's Jean Tirole Wins Nobel Prize for Economics by [Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2014 11:35 AM CUT  French economist Jean Tirole poses at the School of Economics in Toulouse, France on June 2, 2008. French economist Jean Tirole poses at the School of Economics in Toulouse, France on June 2, 2008.Eric Cabanis—AFP/Getty Images by [Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 13, 2014 11:35 AM CUT French economist Jean Tirole [has won the 2014 Nobel prize for economics](http://www.nobelprize.org/ "undefined"). Tirole, a professor of economics at Toulouse University, won for his “analysis of market power and regulation.” On Friday, Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi both won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work defending education rights for children. [_This article originally appeared on Fortune.com_](http://fortune.com/2014/10/13/frances-jean-tirole-wins-nobel-prize-for-economics/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3501723/jean-tirole-nobel-prize-economics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3501723/jean-tirole-nobel-prize-economics/"},"headline":"France's Jean Tirole Wins Nobel Prize for Economics","datePublished":"2014-10-13T11:35:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:44:26.443Z","description":"Tirole won for his ‘analysis of market power and regulation’","url":"https://time.com/3501723/jean-tirole-nobel-prize-economics/","keywords":["Economy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4b5ce5e346b9e04/69876041428a9e104dcc47ba/jean-tirole-nobel-prize.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/fortune/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4b5ce5e346b9e04/69876041428a9e104dcc47ba/jean-tirole-nobel-prize.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jean Tirole Nobel Prize Economics","caption":"Jean Tirole Nobel Prize Economics","creditText":"Eric Cabanis—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3501723/jean-tirole-nobel-prize-economics/","name":"France's Jean Tirole Wins Nobel Prize for Economics"}}]}] ```