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Laureate of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, French economist Jean Tirole poses in his office at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) on October 13, 2014 in Toulouse. Tirole is a master of game theory and industrial organisation, who added a Nobel prize to a gleaming heap of honours for his work. The 61-year-old was hailed by the Nobel jury as "one of the most influential economists of our time" for his analysis of big companies, market power and regulation. The professor at the Toulouse School of Economics has long been tipped as a potential winner of the Nobel Economics Prize, largely dominated by economists from the United States. AFP PHOTO / REMY GABALDA (Photo credit should read REMY GABALDA/AFP via Getty Images)