{published in peer-reviewed journals}
2020 – …
“Jurisdiction size and corruption” (with N.Lagios et P-G.Méon), Public Choice, 202: 251–275, 2025.
“Social capital, social heterogeneity, and electoral turnout” (with J.Clarck and O.Gergaud), Kyklos, 77(4): 1142-1168, 2024.
“Can health passport overcome political hurdles to COVID-19 vaccination?” (with O.Gergaud and A.Noury), European Journal of Political Economy, 80: 102453, 2023.
“Dictators’ facial characteristics and foreign direct investment” (with S.Panel and L.Weill), The Leadership Quarterly, 34(2), 101644, 2023.
“The petit effect of campaign spending on votes” (with M.Visser and L.Wilner), Public Choice, 192: 29-57, 2022.
“Gender, Age, and Attitude toward Competition” (with N.Eber and L.Weill), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 192: 668-690, 2021.
“How does COVID-19 affect Electoral Participation? Evidence from the French Municipal Elections” (with O.Gergaud, A.Noury and A.Garel), PLOS-ONE, 16(2): e0247026, 2021
“Politicians at higher levels of government are perceived as more corrupt” (with P-G.Méon), European Journal of Political Economy, 67(2021) 101962, 2021.
“Revolutionary attitudes in democratic regimes” (with R.Magni-Berton and S.Varaine), Political Studies, 69(2): 214-236, 2021. [Presentation on PSA Blog]
“Is the EU held accountable for economic performances? Assessing vote and popularity functions before and after membership ” (with C.Le Gall and R.Magni-Berton), European Journal of Political Research, 60: 69-91, 2021.
“Educated dictators attract more foreign direct investment” (with S.Panel and L.Weill), Journal of Comparative Economics, 48: 37-55, 2020.
“Voters’ Knowledge of their Representatives: the Direct and Conditioned Effects of Parliamentary Work” (with J.Navarro), Swiss Political Science Review, 26(1): 96-124, 2020.
2015 – 2019
“Is Civic Duty the Solution to the Paradox of Voting?” (with O.Gergaud), Public Choice, 180(3-4): 257-283, 2019.
“Voters Reward Hard-Working MPs. Empirical Evidence from the French Legislative Elections” (with J.Navarro), European Political Science Review, 11: 469-483, 2019.
“Why do academics oppose market economy? Sophistication and Perception of Market Failures” (with C.Le Gall and R.Magni-Berton), French Politics, 17(3): 228-256, 2019.
“Place of registration and place of residence: The non-linear detrimental impact of transportation cost on electoral participation” (with C.Fauvelle-Aymar), Public Choice, 176(3): 405-440, 2018.
“Paraître transparent ? Les usages des déclarations d’intérêts des maires des grandes villes françaises” (with E.Phelippeau), Revue Française d’Administration Publique, 165: 79-94, 2018.
“Merchant acceptance of payment cards: ‘must take’ or ‘wanna take’?”, Review of Network Economics, (with D.Bounie and L.Van Hove), 15(3): 117-146, 2017.
“The cost of CEO duality: Evidence from French leadership compensation”, European Management Journal, (with G.Broye and Y.Moulin), 35(3): 336-350, 2017.
“Consumer Payment Preferences, Network Externalities, and Merchant Card Acceptance: An Empirical Investigation”, Review of Industrial Organization, (with D.Bounie and L.Van Hove), 51(3): 257-290, 2017.
“Debit Card and the Demand for Cash” (with D.Bounie and P.Waelbroeck), Journal of Banking and Finance, 73: 55-66, 2016.
“Politics, economics, ethics, and religion in French academia” (with C.Le Gall and R.Magni-Berton), French Politics, 14(3): 363-379, 2016.
“Does holding a local mandate alter the activities of deputies? Evidence from the French Assemblée Nationale” (with L.Weill), French Politics, 14(1): 30-54, 2016.
“Partisan and Bureaucratic Changes in Public Education Spending. French Empirical Evidence” (with R.Magni-Berton), Applied Economics Letter, 22(8): 1435-1438, 2015.
“How to define legislative turnover? Incidences of its measures of renewal and levels of analysis” (with E.Grossman), Journal of Legislative Studies, 21(4): 457-475, 2015.
“Mobilization, Cost of Voting and Turnout: A Natural Randomized Experiment with Double Elections” (with C.Fauvelle-Aymar), Public Choice, 162: 183-199, 2015.
“La recherche de rente en Europe : facteurs institutionnels et politiques de la vitesse de réduction des protections nationales des marchés” (with N.Sauger), Revue d’Économie Politique, 125(1) : 119-144, 2015.
2010 – 2014
“Abortion and crime: Cross-country evidence from Europe” (with R.Magni-Berton and L.Weill), International Review of Law and Economics, 40: 24-35, 2014.
“Convenient Prices, Cash Payments and Price Rigidity” (with Y.Bouhdaoui and D.Bounie), Economic Modelling, 41: 329-337, 2014.
“The effects of the 2001 French law on multi-holding of electoral mandates” (with R.Magni-Berton), French Politics, 12(1): 69-76, 2014.
“Le cumul de mandats locaux affecte-t-il l’activité des députés français ?” (with L.Weill), Revue Économique, 65(6): 881-906, 2014.
“Who are the ministers of the Fifth Republic?” (with E.Grossman), French Politics, 11(3) : 272-283, 2013.
“Do French people like the “cumul des mandats” of their representatives?”, French Politics, 11(2) : 204-215, 2013.
“Individual Gendered Attitudes toward Immigrants. Evidence from French Survey” (with R.Magni-Berton), The Social Science Journal, 50: 321-330, 2013.
“Vers une économie des paiements électroniques ?” (with D.Bounie), Revue d’Économie Financière, 109 : 283-302, mars 2013.
“Les dimensions contextuelles de la tolérance à l’égard des immigrés en France : effets de contact et de compétition” (with R.Magni-Berton), Revue Française de Sociologie, 54(1) : 53-82, 2013.
“On the Effect of Mobile Phone on Migrant Remittances: A Closer Look at International Transfers” (with D.Bounie and D.Diminescu), Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 12: 280-288, 2013.
“Public Budgeting in the EU Commission. A Test of the Punctuated Equilibrium Thesis” (with F.Baumgartner and M.Foucault), Politiques Européennes, 38 : 70-99, 2012.
“Économie politique du soutien à l’UE dans les PECO: y a-t-il un «avant » et un «après » intégration ?” (with R.Magni-Berton and C.LeGall), Politiques Européennes, 37 : 10-37, 2012.
“Who are the Deputies of the Fifth Republic? Some Figures” (with E.Grossman), French Politics, 9(4): 364-380, 2011.
“The Economics of Bill Payment: An Empirical Analysis” (with D.Bounie), Applied Economics Letter, 18(10): 961-966, 2011.
“La contribution de l’information économique à la fabrication de la popularité de l’exécutif français. Le président français de 2007 à 2010” (with J.Gerstlé), Revue Française de Science Politique, 61(2) : 249-282, avril 2011.
“Existe-t-il une fracture numérique dans l’usage de l’administration en ligne ?” (with M.Bacache and D.Bounie), Revue Économique, 62(2): 215-236, mars 2011.
“Économie politique d’un plan de relance macroéconomique. Une note sur les déterminants de la répartition spatiale des investissements publics du plan français de 2009”, Revue Économique, 61(4) : 783-792, 2010.
“Une analyse socio-économique des transferts d’argent des migrants par téléphone”, (with D.Bounie and D.Diminescu), Réseaux, 28(159) : 91-110, 2010.
“Une analyse des facteurs de l’acceptation et de l’usage des instruments de paiement par les commerces en France”, (with D.Bounie), Revue d’Économie Financière, 96 : 187-213, 2010.
2003 – 2009
“Who are the candidates and substitute candidates in the French parliamentary elections? Statistical note on the 2007 elections”, French Politics, 2009(7): 206-215, 2009.
“A General Empirical Law of Public Budgets: A Comparative Analysis” (with B.Jones, F.Baumgartner, C.Breunig, C.Wlezien, S.Soroka, M.Foucault, C.Green-Pedersen, C.Koski, P.John, P.Mortensen, F.Varone and S.Walgrave), American Journal of Political Science, 53(4): 855-873, 2009.
“Public Budgeting in the French Fifth Republic: The End of “La République des Partis””, (with F.Baumgartner and M.Foucault), West European Politics, 32(2) : 404-422, 2009.
“Pourquoi les détenteurs de carte de retrait retirent-ils encore des espèces aux guichets bancaires ? ” (with D.Bounie), Revue d’Économie Industrielle, 1er trimestre 2009, 125 : 41-52.
“Un modèle explicatif du vote FNSEA aux élections des Chambres d’Agriculture départementales (1995-2001)”, (with E.Dubois, F.Facchini and M.Foucault), Économie Rurale, 312 (juillet-aout) : 32-51, 2009.
“La détention et l’usage des instruments de paiement en France”, (with M.Bourreau, D.Bounie and M.Verdier), Revue d’Économie Financière, 91 : 53-76, 2008.
“Is the Baumol’s “Square root law” still relevant? Evidence from Micro-level Data” (with D.Bounie), Applied Financial Economics, 18(13) : 1091-1098, 2007.
“Testing the “Baobab Tree” hypothesis: The «cumul des mandats » as a way of obtaining more political resources and limiting electoral competition”, French Politics, 2006(4): 269-291, 2006.
“Punctuated Equilibrium in French Budgeting Processes” (with F.Baumgartner and M.Foucault), Journal of European Public Policy, 13(7) : 1086-1103, 2006.
“The Impact of Closeness on Turnout: An Empirical Relation Based on a Study of a Two Round Ballot” (with C.Fauvelle-Aymar), Public Choice, 127: 469-491, juin 2006.
“Groupes d’intérêt et financement de la vie politique en France : une évaluation des effets de l’interdiction des dons des personnes morales” (with N.Sauger), Revue Française de Science Politique, 56(2) : 227-254, avril 2006.
“Les déterminants de la détention et de l’usage des instruments de paiement : éléments théoriques et empiriques” (with D.Bounie), Revue d’Économie Financière, 83(2) : 159-176, mars 2006.
“La politique influence-t-elle les décisions publiques locales ? Analyse empirique des budgets communaux de 1977 à 2001” (with M.Foucault), Revue Politique et Management Public, 23(3) : 79-100, septembre 2005.
“Le rendement des dépenses électorales en France : le cas des élections législatives de 1997” (with M.Foucault), Revue Économique, 56(5) : 1125-1143, septembre 2005.
“Campaign, Political Preference and Turnout. An Empirical Study of the 1997 French Legislative Election” (with C.Fauvelle-Aymar), French Politics, 3(1): 49-72, avril 2005.
“The Political Entrepreneur and the Coordination of the Political Process”, Review of Austrian Economics, special issue “Applied Austrian Economics”, 16(2/3): 153-168, septembre 2003.
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