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Vial, Virginie

Virginie Vial PhD (Economic History, London School of Economics) is an Associate Professor in Development Economics at Kedge Business School, Marseilles, and an Associate Research Fellow at Lyons Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO), ENS Lyons, France. Her research deals with the measurement and determinants of economic growth and human well-being, focusing on factors such as institutions and entrepreneurship, mostly in the context of Indonesia. It has led to several publications in leading journals in the domain of Total Factor Productivity measurement issues, accounts of industrial dynamics, the effect of corruption on firm’s performance, or the effect of entrepreneurship on economic welfare. Ongoing projects target the effect of entrepreneurship on human development, including women empowerment, as well as Korean Soft power in Southeast Asia.