The Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) is the center of research of the INSEE, the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. The research center is affiliated with the ENSAE graduate school. It has been directed by Arnak Dalalyan since 2020. Before Dalalyan, it had been directed by Francis Kramarz since 2007.
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