Orléans Economics Laboratory (LEO)

The Orléans Economics Laboratory (LÉO) is a Research Unit of Orléans University / University of Tours and the CNRS (FRE2014) created on Janua­ry 1, 1996 following the merger of the Orleans Institute of Finance (created in 1974) Center Employment and Production Research (created in 1984). Originally lo­cated in Orléans, LEO is the only Economics laboratory in the Center-Val de Loire region. Since January 2013, it is intended to welcome, in addition to colleagues from Orleans, teachers-researchers in economics from the University François Rabelais of Tours (UFRT).

LEO’s research activities combine theoretical develop­ments with empirical applications. They are thematical­ly structured around the three teams of the laboratory whose themes are: Macroeconomics and Finance, Econo­metrics, International Economics and Sustainable Deve­lopment.

Research topics:

Macroeconomics and Finance, Econometrics, International Economics and Sustainable Development.

Skills and know-how:

• Economic Policy
• Assessment of Economic Policies
• Quantitative Finance
• Leadership and coordination of economic research within national and international networks or research programs;
• Participation in international, national, and regional calls for proposals;
• Use of economic and statistical data and econometric analysis.

Equipements and technology:

• Workstations equipped with analytical software: SAS, MATLAB
• Databases: REFINITIV and DIANE