Augustin Landier (born in 1974) is a French economist who currently works at the Toulouse School of Economics.
[3] Augustin Landier studied mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure, a French grande école from 1994 to 1998, earning a master's degree in mathematics in 1994 from Paris 6, passing his agrégation therein in 1995, and earning two Master of Advanced Studies in the philosophy of science and economics, respectively, from Paris 1 in 1996 and from EHESS in 1998.
After his graduation, he became an assistant professor of finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago (2002–04) before moving to the New York University's Stern School of Business and directing Old Lane LP, founding Ada Investment Management, and researching at the International Monetary Fund.
In 2009, Landier returned to France, where he has been working as full professor at the Toulouse School of Economics.
[7] In an answer on Twitter, Landier and Thesmar claim that they had exposed the conflict of interest from the start in the study, and that they do show that drivers came from poor neighborhood and gained in productivity throughout their association with Uber.