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

Autonomous algorithmic collusion: Economic research and policy implications

Stephanie Assad, Emilio Calvano, Giacomo Calzolari, Robert Clark, Daniel Ershov, Justin Johnson, Sergio Pastorello, Andrew Rhodes, Lei XU, Matthijs Wildenbeest, and Vincenzo Denicolò

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 37, n° 3, September 2021, pp. 459–478

Beyond ESG: Reforming Capitalim and Social-democracy

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1190, August 2021

E-commerce, parcel delivery and environmental policy

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

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1230, July 2021

Nursing Homes' Competition and Distributional Implications when the Market is Two-Sided

David Bardey, and Luigi Siciliani

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, vol. 30, n° 2, July 2021, pp. 472-500

Health aspirations and the epidemic of non-communicable chronic diseases

Catarina Goulão, and Agustín Pérez-Barahona

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1236, July 2021, revised June 2023

Did the Cold War Produce Development Clusters in Africa?

Michel Le Breton, Paul Castañeda Dower, Gunes Gokmen, and Shlomo Weber

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1228, June 2021, revised January 2022

A political economy of loose means-testing in targeted social programs

Helmuth Cremer, Justina Klimaviciute, and Pierre Pestieau

Economics Letters, vol. 202, n° 109810, May 2021

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

Helmuth Cremer, and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1223, May 2021

A political economy of loose means-testing in targeted social programs

Helmuth Cremer, Justina Klimaviciute, and Pierre Pestieau

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1174, April 2021

Gender wage and longevity gaps and the design of retirement systems

Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1217, April 2021, revised February 2023

Price cap regulation in the Colombian pharmaceutical market: An impact evaluation

David Bardey, Arturo Harker, and Daniela Zuluaga

TSE Working Paper, vol. 21-1195, March 2021

Health Care Insurance Payment Policy when the Physician and Patient May Collude

Yaping Wu, David Bardey, Yijuan Chen, and Sanxi Li

Health Economics, vol. 30, n° 3, March 2021, pp. 525-543

List of Seminars of the group

Past

Targeting Precision Medicine: Evidence from Prenatal Screening

Date 10 March 2023
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Liran Einav

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Introduction of a Harm Reduction Method: When Does It Help and When Does it Backfire

Date 2 December 2022
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Davide Dragone

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Efficiency and redistribution in burden-sharing

Date 21 November 2022
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Marc Fleurbaey

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Can financial incentives shift health care from an inpatient to an outpatient setting?

Date 14 October 2022
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Luigi Siciliani

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The Politics of Collective Principals

Date 23 September 2022
Place Auditorium 5
Speaker or organiser Vincent Anesi

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Introduction of a Harm Reduction Method: When Does It Help and When Does it Backfire?

Date 13 May 2022
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Davide Dragone

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Diffuse Bunching with Optimization Frictions: Theory and Estimation

Date 22 April 2022
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Benjamin Lockwood

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The taxation of couples

Date 1 April 2022
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Felix Bierbrauer

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How to Tax Different Incomes?

Date 25 March 2022
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Etienne Lehmann

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Prescription behaviour of physicians in the public and private sector

Date 18 March 2022
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Kaisa Kotakorpi

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Sufficient Statistics for Nonlinear Tax Systems with Preference Heterogeneity

Date 4 March 2022
Place Auditorium 3
Speaker or organiser Antoine Ferey Antoine Ferey

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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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