PUBLICATION

Updated February 2010

Edited Book

  1. “Freedom in Economics: New perspectives in normative analysis”, Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought, 1998, 283 p, London. (with J.F. Laslier, M. Fleurbaey, N. Gravel)

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Articles in Refereed Journals ( Papers in English)

  1. "Topological aggregation of inequality preorders", Social Choice and Welfare, 2, 1985, 119- 129 (with M.Lebreton, and J.R. Uriarte).
  2. "On Thon's axiomatization of the Gini index", Mathematical Social Sciences, 11, 1986, 374- 377.
  3. "Group decision making under uncertainty: a note on the aggregation of ordinal probabilities", Theory and Decision, 21, 1986, 155-161 (with J. Lainé and M.Lebreton).
  4. "Measures of inequality as an aggregation of individual preferences about income distribution; the arrowian case", Journal of Economic theory, 41, 2, 1987, 248-269 (with M.Lebreton).
  5. "Inequality reducing properties of composite taxation " Journal of Economic Theory, 69, 1, 1996, 71-103 (with M.Lebreton and P.Moyes).
  6. “Consistency between tastes and values: a universalization approach" Social Choice and Welfare, vol 17,2, 2000, 293-320 (with N. Gravel and J.F.Laslier).
  7. "Shapley Inequality Decomposition By Factor Components: Some Methodological Issues", in P.Moyes, C Seidl and A.F. Shorrocks (eds) Inequality: Theory, Measurement and Applications, Journal of Economics (Zeitschift für Nationalalôkonomie), Supplement #9, 2002, 51-89 (with M. Sastre).
  8. "Internet, Literacy and Earnings Inequality", Louvain Economic Review, 68, 1-2, 2002, 125-148.
  9. "To what extent do fiscal regimes equalize opportunities for income acquisition among citizens?", Journal of Public Economics, 87, no. 3/4, 2003, 539-565 (with J.Roemer, R. Aaberge, U. Colombino, J. Fritzell, S. Jenkins, A. Lefranc, I. Marx, M. Page, E. Pommer, J. Ruiz-Castillo, M. J. San Segundo, T. Tranaes, G.Wagner, and I. Zubiri).
  10. “Voting under ignorance of unemployed skill: the bias toward overtaxation“, Journal of Public Economics, 87, 2003, 595-626 (with J.F.Laslier and K.Van der Sraeten).
  11. "Welfare comparisons with bounded equivalence scales", Journal of Economic Theory, 110, 2003, 309-336 (with M. Fleurbaey and C. Hagneré)
  12. “About the right weight of the social welfare function, when needs differ”, Economic Letters, 81,3, 2003, 383-387.
  13. “The Impossibility of a Paretian Dominant”, Social Choice and Welfare, issue in honour of Louis Gevers, 21, 2003, 243-263. (with M. Fleurbaey)
  14. "Protection of minorities through the average voting rule", Journal of Public Economic Theory, 7, 2, 2005, 169-199 (with R.Renault).
  15. “Intergenerational earnings mobility in France? Is France more mobile than the US”, Annales d’Economie et de Statistiques, 78, 2005, 57-78. (with A. Lefranc).
  16. “The Bayesian Average Voting Game with a Large Population”, Public Economics, issue in memory of Louis-André Gérard-Varet, 17, 2005,155-167 (with R. Renault).
  17. "Measuring the social value of local public goods: an Empirical Analysis within Paris Metropolitan Area”, Applied Economics, 38, 16, 2006, 1945-1961 (with N. Gravel and A. Michelangeli).
  18. "Optimal linear Income tax when agents vote with their feet", Finanzarchiv, 62, 3, 2006, 393-415 (with L. Simula).
  19. “Does less inequality among individuals mean less inequality among households”, forthcoming in Journal of Economic Theory, 133, 1, 2007, 568-578 (with E. Peluso).
  20. "Tax Competition and Public input", Economic Policy, 50, 2007, 387-430 (with A. Benassy, N. Gobalraja).
  21. “Efficient tuition fees and subsidies”, Journal of the European Economic Association, vol.6, 6, 2008, 1211-1243 (with R.Gary-Bobo).
  22. "Inequality of opportunities vs. inequality of outcomes: are Western societies all alike?", Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54, 4, 513-546. (with A.Lefranc et N. Pistolesi).
  23. “Dominance Criteria for Critical-Level Generalized Utilitarianism”, Arguments for a Better World, Essays in Honour of Amartya Sen, édité par K.Basu and R.Kanbur, Oxford University Press, vol. 1, Chap.15, 2008 (with J.Weymark).
  24. « Poverty Orderings and intra-household Inequality: the lost axiom» forthcoming Journal of Income Distribution. (with E.Peluso)
  25. “Inequality of Opportunities in Health in France: A First Pass” forthcoming Health Economics. (with F.Jusot, S.Tubeuf, M.Devaux).
  26. “Equality of opportunity and luck: Definitions and testable conditions, with an application to income in France", forthcoming in Journal of Public Economics (with A.Lefranc and N.Pistolesi).
  27. “Optimal income tax under the threat of migration of top-income earners”, Forthcoming in Journal of Public Economics (with Laurent Simula).

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Articles in Refereed Journals (Papers in French)

  1. "Economic theory of measurement of inequality: a reexamination", Mathématiques et Sciences Humaines, 93, 1986, 53-60.
  2. "The global transfert paradox and Multiplicity of equilibria: Two Results", Annales d'Economie et Statistiques, 4, 1986, 53-61.
  3. "The evolution of the egalitarian character of the cumulated Income tax - Payroll Tax under the fifth republic", Economie et Prévision, 98, 1991-1992, 1-18 (with R.Jehanne, M. Lebreton, and P.Moyes).
  4. "The evolution of wages inequality inside French firms 1976-1987", Economie et Prévision, 102-103, 1992, 205-220 (with C. Lugand).
  5. "The evolution of the egalitarian character of the cumulated Income tax - Payroll Tax under the fifth republic: a complement", Economie et prévision, n°110-111, 1993, 81-104 (with R.Jehanne and J.Rafaliarison).
  6. "The political economy of the "Mammoth": selection by failure and grants to Universities", Revue Française d'Economie, 13, 3, 1998, 85-126 (with Robert Gary-Bobo), reprinted in “Selection by failure” Problèmes Economiques, n° 2631, 1999, 14-18.
  7. "Social Dominance Egalitarianism and utilitariarism ", Revue Economique (special issue Normative Economics P.Mongin and M. Fleurbaey (eds), vol 50, 4,1999, 733-755.
  8. "Criteria of Time Dominance, a User's Manual ", Economie et Prévision, n° 138-139, 1999, 147-162 (with T. Karcher).
  9. 9. "The "quotient familial": a consistent fiscal scheme with the Lorenz criterion", Economie et Prévision, n°138-139, 1999, 111-124 (with P. Moyes).
  10. "French Income maintenance program: between compensation and responsability", Economie et Prévision, n° 138-139, 1999, 1-23 (with M.Fleurbaey, C.Hagneré and M.Martinez).
  11. "The combined effect of three years of reform on the inactivity traps", Economie et Statistique, n° 346-347, 2001, 161-185 (with C.Hagneré).
  12. "An appraisal of the incentive and redistributive impact of a reform of the French income maintenance program" in Revue Française d'Economie, 16,1,2001, 125-165 (with N.Gravel, C.Hagneré and N.Picard).
  13. “Fiscal Federalism: the French case”, Economie Publique, Etudes et Recherches, 2, 2001, 5-25.
  14. "Is the French negative optimal income tax optimal ?", Economie Publique, Etudes et Recherches, 11, 2002, 15-45 (with C.Hagneré, N. Picard, and K. Van der Straeten).
  15. "The negative income tax and theories of justice", Archives de Philosophie du Droit, 46, 2002, 311-328.
  16. " French income maintenance program :an appraisal of a reform with a new dominance criterion", Revue Economique, 53, 6, 2002, 1205-1234 (with M. Fleurbaey and C. Hagneré).
  17. "Are incentives overestimated in going out from unemployment?", Economie et Prévision (with C. Hagneré, N. Picard and K. Van der Straeten) , 160-161, 2003-4-5, 49-78.
  18. "A reduction of inequality of opportunity for income acquisition in France ?", in Economie et Statistiques, 371, 2004, 49-82 (with A. Lefranc, N. Pistolesi).
  19. “Should we raise tuition-fees?", Revue Française d’Economie, 19,3, 2005,189-237 (with R. Gary-Bobo).
  20. “Impact of the Aubry’s law on employment of minimum income recipients in Reunion island”, Revue Economique, 56, 3, 2005, 583-592 (with N. Alibay and N. Picard).
  21. “Financing of the universities, financing of the studies ” Revue d’Economie Politique, 116, 6, 2006, 745-782.
  22. “Optimal Income tax when agents vote with their feet: an illustration on French data”, Revue Economique, 3, 57, 2006, 517-527 (with L.Simula).
  23. “Inequality of origin and earnings prospect in France, 1977-199”, Revue d’Economie Politique, 117,1, 2007, 91-117 (with A.Lefranc and N.Pistolesi).
  24. “Is the renewal of the « Goutte d’or » a success? a diagnosis with real estate price indices” forthcoming in Economie et Prévision (with F. Barthelemy, A. Michelangeli)

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Comments, Articles in Volumes, Other Publications

  1. Introduction of the issue 110-111 of Economie et prévision, 4/5 ,1-5, 1993 ( In French).
  2. "The stochastic ordering of income distributions over time : the discounted sum of the expected utilities of incomes", in Social Choice, Welfare and Ethics W.Barnett H.Moulin, M.Salles and N.Schofield (eds), 375- 408, 1995, Cambridge University Press (with T.Karcher and P.Moyes).
  3. "Should local taxes be deleted ?", Pouvoirs locaux : les cahiers de la décentralisation, 32, 1997, 80- 93 ( in French).
  4. "An hedonic approach of housing market", Etudes foncières, 74,1997, 16-19 (with N.Gravel and M.Martinez) ( in French).
  5. "Individual Freedom of choice in a social setting" in "Freedom in economics: New perspectives in Normative Analysis" (1998) Routledge London 76-92, 1998 (with N.Gravel and J.F.Laslier).
  6. "Freedom of choice and individual preferences: a comment on Clemens Puppe's individual freedom and social choice" in "Freedom in economics: New perspectives in Normative Analysis"(1998) Routledge London 69-75 (with N.Gravel and J.F.Laslier).
  7. "The market value of quality life in", Données Urbaines, (1998) vol 2 D.Pumain et F.Godard (eds), Collections Villes Anthropos-Economica, 433-443 (with N.Gravel and M.Martinez) (in French).
  8. "Comment on F. Bourguignon and P.A Chiappori 's article , Taxation and redistribution"Revue Française d'économie (1998): vol XIII, 1, 66 - 73 (in French).
  9. "An hedonic approach to real estate market ", Etudes foncières,78, 1998, 14-17. (with N.Gravel and M.Martinez )( in French)
  10. "The land balancing out in challenge", Flux, 31-32, 1998, 91-98 with M. Fleurbaey (in French)
  11. Introduction of the issue n° 138-139 Economie et Prévision 1999/2-3, I-VIII (withY.Guillotin) ( in French)
  12. "The equalisation of basic knowledge : the contribution of contracts and compensation theories " in La Justice du Système Educatif, (Denis.Meuret ed) De Boeck Université, Bruxelles, 1999, 55-76. ( in French). Italian Translation in Scuola Democratica, 23,3, 2000, 45-60
  13. “Voting over Income Flat Tax Schedules: an incomplete information perspective” in Logic, Game Theory and Social Choice (H. de Swart ed.) Tilburg University Press,1999, 226-238 (with J.F.Laslier and K.Van der Sraeten).
  14. "Clubs" in Dictionnaire des Sciences Economiques (C.Jessua, C.Labrousse, D.Vitry eds.), P.U.F, 149-150, 2001 ( in French).
  15. "A decomposition of the inequality change in France with an international perspective 1985- 1995" in Rapport du Conseil d'Analyse Economique, 33, "Les Inégalités", 315-332, 2001 (with M. Sastre)( in French)
  16. "Social Choice and Global Risks", Risques, 47, 2001,82-86 (with K. Van der Straeten) (In French).
  17. "An hedonic evaluation of accessibility", in Données Urbaines, vol. 4, 2003 103-113, D.Pumain et F.Godard (eds), Collections Villes Anthropos-Economica. (with N. Gravel) ( in French).
  18. "Welfare comparisons among individuals under Samuelson’s model of households", in Household Behaviour, Equivalence Scales, Welfare and Poverty,11-28, 2004, (C.Dagum and G.Ferrari (Eds), Springer Verlag (with E.Peluso).
  19. “On the causes of unemployment of single women in France”, in Innovations, Cahiers d'économie de l'innovation, 18, 2003-2, 91-112. ( in French).
  20. "About some empirical evidence brought by natural experiments", Economie Publique, 13, 2003, 159-163 ( in French).
  21. "Fiscal Competition and Public Input" in Rapport du Conseil d'Analyse Economique « Croissance Equitable et Concurrence fiscale » 2005, 33 157-187 (with A. Bénassy-Quéré and N. Gobalraja). (in French).
  22. « Does the Dworkin’s insurance mechanism lead to equality ? », in Leçons de philosophie économique, vol.2 : Economie normative et philosophie morale Economica 2005, 363-382 (in French).
  23. “Multidimensional Egalitarianism and the dominance approach: a lost paradise”, in Inequality and Economic Integration, F.Farina and E.Savaglio editors, Routledge, 2006, 284-304.
  24. "Territorial equity and distance to access transport infrastructures" forthcoming in Dimensions Critiques du calcul économique, Joël Maurice et Yves Crozet Editeurs Economica.
  25. "For a more diverse financing of the university" in Telos " Les 20 chantiers de l’Elysée, Propositions pour 2007", Hachette Litteratures 2007, 163-173 (In french).
  26. « The legal aid : between assistance and insurance », in Droit et Economie du procès civil, D. Cohen (edi.) , LGDJ, forthcoming. (In french)
  27. " When Kolm meets Mirrlees : ELIE" in Conference Volume in Honour of S.C.Kolm edited by M.Fleurbaey, M.Salles and J.Weymark, Springer Verlag, Forthcoming 2008 (with L.Simula).
  28. “Dominance Criteria for Critical-Level Generalized Utilitarianism” in Amartya Sen Festschrif edited by K.Basu and R.Kanbur, Oxford University Press forthcoming 2008. (with J.Weymark)
  29. "Alan Kirman: a non-representative economist." Introduction of the Special issue of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization in honor of Alan Kirman forthcoming 2007. (with A. Castella and S. Thoron).
  30. Introduction of the issue 83 of the Annales d’économie et de statistiques “Health – Insurance- Equity”. (with N.Gravel and L.Rochaix).
  31. "The renewal of the Goutte d’or: a drop of water for the Parisian Real Estate Market", Etudes foncières 121, mai-juin 2006, 9-10 (with F. Barthelemy, A. Michelangeli) (In french).
  32. " A reform of the financing of the universities goes through students loans", Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, n°2, 2006, 75-81. (with R. Gary-Bobo). (In french).
  33. "The interactions between optimal income taxation and contracts theory", Regards Croisés, 2007, 182-199 (with L. Simula). (In french)
  34. "Social background and parent's health: what are their impact on health status in adulthood ?", Questions d’économie de la santé, 2007, 118, 2007,  1-6. (with M. Devaux, F. Jusot and S. Tubeuf). (In french)

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Book Reviews

  1. " Mathematical Utility Theory - Utility Functions, Models, and Applications in the Social Sciences " par Herden et alii, Journal of Economics (Zeitschift für Nationalalôkonomie), 76,3, 2002, 279-285.
  2. " Handbook On Income Inequality Measurement" in Social Choice and Welfare, 22,3, 2004, 579- 583.
  3. "Macrojustice: the political economy of fairness", S. Kolm Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in Journal of Economic Inequality
  4. "The Welfare State in the European Union: Economic and Social Perspectives", P.Pestieau, Economics of Transition, 15, 7, 2007,175-178.

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Articles in Newspapers

  1. "The Nobel prize in economics to Armatya .Sen : a consecration for normative economics" Le Monde, November 2,1998. (with M. Fleurbaey , N.Gravel , J.F.Laslier, P. Mongin)
  2. "Madame Aubry still an effort for solidarity", Le Monde, December 8, 1998.(with M. Fleurbaey, C.Hagneré, M.Martinez)
  3. "The VAT up for auction", Le Monde, March 31, 2004.
  4. "Clubs : an instrument for decentralizing public good provision", Les Echos, May 24, 2004.
  5. “Voting against the constitution is to play into T.Blair's hands”, Le Monde, May 27, 2005.
  6. “The cut in VAT rates on restaurants is a prejudice”, Libération, Décember 27, 2005.
  7. “The absence of student loans: a French Exception”, Les Echos, March 13, 2006.
  8. “Give a bonus to universities of which students get a good job”, Le Monde, May 19, 2006.
  9. “Do we have to raise the minimum income “, Liaisons Sociales, May 2006.
  10. “The increase of tuition fees: a need in a renewed French university system with R. Gary-Bobo“, Le Mensuel de l’Université, May 2006.
  11. “No TGV Méditerannée impact”, Les Echos, May 26, 2006.
  12. "Prêt étudiant à taux zéro : cette bonne idée qui fait enfin son chemin !", Telos-eu, 12 july 2006.
  13. "Financing university : the taboo of tuition fees", Telos-eu,12 February 2007.
  14. "The mystery of Jatte island", Telos-eu, 8 March 2007.
  15. "From Jaurès to Barrès, the confusion", Les Echos, 16 March 2007.

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Edited Book

Articles in Refereed Journals ( Papers in English)

Articles in Refereed Journals ( Papers in French)

Other Publications

Book Reviews

Articles in Newspapers