Public economics and political economy

Insurance, long-term care, electoral systems, income taxation, unemployment, welfare...

The "Public economics and political economy" group gathers researchers working in this field and more specifically on the following topics: taxation, social protection, health care, education, public goods, externalities, environmental policies, regulation, electoral competition, lobbying etc...

It represents an opportunity for researchers interested in this field to interact together and for younger scholars to get some feedback on their projects.

The main event of this group consists in a workshop taking place approximately every two weeks.

Watch an example of research led within the group below

List of WP, articles of the group

Pricing energy consumption and residential energy-efficiency investment: An optimal tax approach

Claude Crampes, Norbert Ladoux, and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1460, April 2023

The motherhood wage and income traps

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, and Emmanuel Thibault

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1426, April 2023

Gender wage and longevity gaps and the design of retirement systems

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 209, January 2023, pp. 263-287

Asymmetric information, strategic transfers and the design of long-term care policies

Helmuth Cremer, and Chiara Canta

Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 75, n° 1, January 2023, pp. 117-141

Family bargaining and the gender gap in informal care

Chiara Canta, and Helmuth Cremer

TSE Working Paper, vol. 2022-1352, August 2022

Cost of the mission of transport and delivery of printed press: theory and evidence

Helmuth Cremer, and Catherine Muller-Vibes

TSE Working Paper, vol. 2022-1353, August 2022

E-commerce and parcel delivery: environmental policy with green consumers

Claire Borsenberger, Helmuth Cremer, Denis Joram, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur, and Estelle Malavolti

TSE Working Paper, vol. 22-1318, March 2022

A Pervasive Economic Fallacy In Assessing the Cost of Public Funds

Canadian Public Policy, vol. 48, n° 1, March 2022, pp. 1-10

Concentration of the Mobile Telecommunications Markets and Countries' Competitiveness

David Bardey, Danilo Aristizabal, Santiago Gomez, and Bibiana Saenz

Telecommunications Policy, vol. 46, n° 1, February 2022

Coinsurance vs. copayments: reimbursement rules for a monopolistic medical product with competitive health insurers

Helmuth Cremer, and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

Journal of Health Economics, vol. 84, n° 102642, January 2022

Shining with the stars: competition, screening, and concern for coworkers' quality

Francesca Barigozzi, and Helmuth Cremer

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1257, November 2021

Physicians's incentives to adopt personalised medicine: an experimental approach

David Bardey, Samuel Kembou Nzalé, and Bruno Ventelou

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 191(C), November 2021, pp. 472-500

List of Seminars of the group

Past

Representation in Product Development: Evidence from Insurance and Clinical Trials

Date 22 March 2024
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Tamar Oostrom

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To be announced

Date 8 March 2024
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Rena Conti

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Wealth Taxation & Migration Patterns of the Very Wealthy

Date 15 December 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Mathilde Munoz

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Living large or long: preference estimates from completed-life stories

Date 8 December 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Erzo G.J. Luttmer

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Ambulance Taxis: The Impact of Regulation and Litigation on Health Care Fraud

Date 24 November 2023
Place Atelier
Speaker or organiser Jetson Leder-Luis

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Optimal Accelerated Drug Approval

Date 10 November 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser David B. Ridley

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Productivity Variation and Input Misallocation: Evidence from Hospitals

Date 20 October 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Jonathan Skinner

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Quantity Limits in Healthcare

Date 6 October 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Maggie Shi

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Legislative priorities and the structure of government

Date 22 September 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Antoine Loeper

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Long-Term Care Expenditures and Investment Decisions under Uncertainty

Date 26 May 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Olivier Pierrard

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The Carnegie Elasticity: Behavioral Responses to Inheritances and Inter-Vivos Gifts

Date 21 April 2023
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Isabel Martinez

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Information and Communication Technologies, Protests, and Censorship

Date 24 March 2023
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Galina Zudenkova

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Catarina Goulão

Group leader

Conferences and workshops

Past

13th Postal Economics Conference on E-commerce, Digital Economics and Delivery Services

Date From 16 to 17 April 2026
Place Auditorium Jean-Jacques Laffont and Auditorium A4

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Social Choice and Political Economy Conference in honor of Michel LE BRETON

Date From 27 to 28 June 2024
Place Auditorium 3 - JJ Laffont

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12th biennial Postal Economics Conference on E-commerce, Digital Economics and Delivery Services

Date From 4 to 5 April 2024
Place Auditorium Jean-Jacques Laffont and Auditorium A4

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