TAC is one of the leading independent and non-academic institutions heavily involved in quantitative tool development in the field of applied economic and financial research.

• TAC's quantitative expertise ranges from traditional econometric modelling (macroeconomic models, financial sector models, fiscal models, international trade models) to highly sophisticated neural networks or genetic algorithms, and includes as well the most advanced data-mining techniques (Self Organizing Maps or Kohonen networks, for instance) and all the recent non-traditional econometrics (Dynamic Panel Estimates, Error Correction models, probit-logit models, combinatorial models). The senior economist in charge of TAC’s quantitative developments is Sylvain Barthélémy, a highly respected expert in the field and a frequent speaker at international conferences on artificial intelligence or any quantitative innovations.

• This quantitative know-how is enhanced by strong software development skills, both in-house and through a strategic partnership with a dedicated software company (Temsoft, www.temsoft.fr). It is also supported by a strong experience in the definition, execution and analysis of dedicated surveys of corporates or financial institutions.

• This quantitative expertise is used in many of the studies undertaken by TAC, where the construction of models is often used as a supporting factor for economic or financial analysis, and is usually complemented by other inputs.