thomas philippon (born may 1974) is a french economist. philippon is professor of finance at the leonard n. stern school of business, new york university. in addition to his professorship at nyu, philippon has held visiting positions at columbia university, chicago university, yale university, and princeton university. he joined the monetary policy advisory panel at the federal reserve bank of new york in 2015. he also serves as the scientific committee director at the french prudential supervisory authority, as an associate editor of the american economic journal, and as a research associate at the national bureau of economic research.