It includes several laboratories in econometrics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, finance, mathematics, sociology.
It is ranked 9th research center in Economics in the world, 2nd in Europe and 1st in France by www.econphd.net See ranking here The general objective of CREST is to play an active role in the international development of research in two main fields: This general goal can be broken down into four more specific objectives: CREST organizes advanced PhD courses and participates in the supervision of dissertations.
The CREST maintains very close relationships with the ENSAE, the Graduate School of INSEE.
The Centre also publishes a series of working papers, an information letter and an annual report.
In addition, CREST is involved in several international networks, both in the doctoral field (the European Doctoral Program in quantitative economics, for example) and in research (Human Capital and Mobility networks, for instance).