Maître de Conférences (CNU Section 5)
IDHEAP, University of Lausanne. Webpage
CES and GREGOR, University of Paris 1 Sorbonne
E-mail : laure.athias@idheap.unil.ch
Research interests:
Regulation, Political Economics, Contract Economics, Applied Industrial Organization, Public Private Partnerships.
Positions:
Visiting Assistant in Research, Department of Economics, Yale University - year 2007
Publications:
· "Responsabilité politique et design contractuel des partenariats public privé”, forthcoming in Revue Economique, juillet 2009.
· "Winner's curse in toll road concessions", (with A. Nunez), Economics Letters, 2008, Volume 101 (3), pp. 172-174.
· "Un Partenariat Public Privé Rigide ou Flexible ? Théorie et Application aux Concessions Routières à Péage", (with S. Saussier), Revue Economique 2007/3, volume 58, p. 565-576.
Working Papers:
· "Political Accountability, Incentives, and Contractual Design of Public Private Partnerships"
· (with A. Nunez), "The More The Merrier? Number of Bidders, Information Dispersion, Renegotiation, and Winner's Curse in Toll Road Concessions".
· (with S. Saussier), "Contractual Rigidity or Flexibility for Public Private Partnerships? Theory and Evidence from Infratructure Concession Contracts".