Frederic Sautet • Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Centre at George Mason University. • Prior to joining Mercatus, he was a Senior Economist at the New Zealand Trade Mission and a Senior Fellow at the New Zealand Treasury, where his work focused on economic transformation, entrepreneurial investment, facilities development and tax policy. • He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris Dauphine, and has completed his research at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. • He has also done post-doctoral work at New York University. • His current work focuses on entrepreneurial investment, institutions and social change.