New (2024)

• Bruegel (June 2024, forthcoming). The economics of Air Pollution in Europe.  M. Oliu-Barton, Juan Mejino. 

• France Stratégie (April 2024). Water demand and climate change: a French perspective. H. Arambourou, S. Ferrière, M. Oliu-Barton. Media coverage including: Le Monde, Les Echos, Libération, Le Parisien,  RTL, France Inter, BFM TV, La Tribune, L'Opinion.  

• Le Monde  (March 2024). EU air quality agreement sends a positive signal but leaves loopholes. Concurrently published in  Bruegel, and several EU mainstream newspapers (Italy, Germany, Denmark, Poland). 

• Economics and Statistics (2024, forthcoming). The impact of preference changes on consumers' demand. M. Oliu-Barton, A. Pommeret, M. Viennot, et al. This article follows from the chapter Sobriété on the Pisany-Mahfouz report on the Economic impact of climate action (France Stratégie 2023)

• European Center of Disease Control (March 2024). Public health and social measures for health emergencies and pandemics in Europe: recommendations for strengthening preparedness planning. This report follows from an  expert consultation in  Stockholm. 

• Mathematics of Operations Research (2024, forthcoming). Value-positivity for Matrix Games, K. Chatterjee, M. Oliu-Barton, R. Saona.

• Mathematics of Operations Research (March 2024). Marginal values of a stochastic game, L. Attia, M. Oliu-Barton, R. Saona.

Selected past contributions

Economics & Health 

• Nature Communications (2022). The effect of COVID-19 certificates on vaccine uptake, health outcomes, and the economy, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski, N. Woloszko, L. Guetta, P. Aghion, P. Artus, A. Fontanet, P. Martin, G. Wolff.  This paper was previously published by the Conseil d'Analyse Economique (CAE). Media coverage : Financial Times, France TV, Le Monde. 

• Nature (2022). A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat, J. Lazarus et al. Media coverage includes: CNN, Le Monde (view more on Altmetric).

• Lancet Global Health (2022). Elimination versus mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of effective vaccines, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski, Y. Algan, M. Baker, A. Binagwaho, G. Dore, A. El-Mohandes, A. Fontanet, A. Peichl, V. Priesemann, G. Wolff, G. Yamey, J. Lazarus.

• Lancet (2021). SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski, P. Aghion, P. Artus, I. Kickbusch, J. Lazarus, D. Sridhar, S. Vanderslott. Media coverage: NY Times, Financial Times, Le Monde, etc (view more on Altmetric).

• Health policy (2021). Green zoning: an effective policy tool to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski. Media coverage: CNN, Financial Times, Le Monde, etc. 

Game theory

• Mathematics of Operations Research (2022). New algorithms for solving stochastic games, M.  Oliu-Barton.

• Annals of IHP Probability & Statistics (2021). Constant payoff in stochastic games, O. Catoni, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Ziliotto. 

• Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA (2019). A formula for the value of a stochastic game, L. Attia, M. Oliu-Barton. This article settles a 40-year old open problem in game theory.. 

Health and Environment policy

• France Stratégie (2023). Economic impact of climate action, J. Pisani-Ferry and  S. Mahfouz report, chapter Sobriété. 

• Unpublished (2021). Pass sanitaire : quel rôle dans la sortie de crise ?  P. Aghion, P. Martin, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski (May 2021). Note to the French Government. 

• Terra Nova & Esade EcPol (26 May 2021). Health pass and green zones: how to contain the virus while vaccination progresses, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski, A. Bucher (DG Santé, EU Commission).

•  Esade EcPol (8 April 2020). Exit strategy: from self-confinement to green zones, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski. 

Dissemination - Media articles 

• Le Monde (Nov 2022). A l’instar du GIEC pour le climat, la construction d’un consensus mondial est nécessaire pour mettre fin au Covid-19, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski, J. Lazarus. 

• Le Monde (Sept 2022). Augmentons les effectifs des filières sélectives de l’enseignement supérieur, E.M. Mouhoud, M. Oliu-Barton.

• Le Monde (June 2021). Le recours temporaire à un passe sanitaire est nécessaire si nous voulons une sortie de crise durable, P. Aghion, P.  Martin, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski. 

• Le Monde (March 2021). Nous avons besoin d’un passe sanitaire fiable, temporaire et accessible pour tout le monde, M. Oliu-Barton, B. Pradelski, A. Bucher.  

Working papers

• The interaction between incentives and social learning. M. Oliu-Barton, Bary Pradelski. 

• Patterns and drivers of excess mortality during the COVID -19 pandemic in 13 Western European countries. S.Cauchemez, A. Fontanet, et al.