Main fields of interest
Long run and distributional effects of trade and environmental regulations
Regional and Urban Economics | International Economics | Agricultural Economics
Tribunes
Mercosur et pesticides : la réponse en trompe-l’œil de la Commission européenne. Libération, Publié le 17/12/2025 (co-écrit avec Mathieu Parenti)
Politique agricole : dépasser l'illusion des prix bas. Tribune publiée à la Une de Médiapart le 25/02/2026.
Lecture The rise of land rent and its macroeconomic implications. December, 2024. [Slides]
Report The next reform of the CAP: The variables in the equation. Requested by the European Parliement [Long version]
Policy brief Aligning Competitiveness and Sustainability: How Border Adjustments Can Strengthen the EU’s Agricultural Policy (with E. Leromain, R. Norbiato, M. Parenti) EU tax observatory. [pdf version, online appendix]
Working Papers
Land, Wealth, and Taxation. Forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (with R. Brunetti & F. Moizeau) [Latest version ; Online appendix]
Import, wage adjustment, and worker reallocation. Evidence from matched employer-employee data (with M. Sanch-Maritan) [Latest version]
Promoting Domestic Industry. Quantifying the Effects of Reducing Labor Cost and Upgrading Quality (with Z. Bouamra-Mechemachey & S. Turolla) [Lastest version ; Slides]
New Publications
Gaigné C. (2024) Transitions agricoles et dynamiques de spécialisation. Revue Innovations Agronomiques 93, 1-26. [pdf version]
Gaigné C. & B. Larue (2024). Do quality regulations enhance welfare? A reply. American Journal of Agriculture Economics, forthcoming [pdf version]
Disdier A.C., C. Gaigné & C. Herghelegiu (2023) Do Standards Improve the Quality of Traded Products ? Canadian Journal of Economics 56(4), 1238-1290 [Latest version]
Brunetti R. C. Gaigné & F. Moizeau (2023) Credit Market Imperfections, Urban Land Rents, and the Henry George Theorem. Revue Economique 74, 681-703. [Latest version]
Gaigné C., H. Koster, F. Moizeau & J.-F. Thisse (2022) Who Lives Where in Cities? Amenities, Commuting and Income Sorting, Journal of Urban Economics 128, 103 394, [Pre-print] [Version with endogenous income, Appendix].
Gaigné C. & C. Gouel (2022) Trade in Agricultural and Food Products in Barrett C. B. & Just D. R. (ed.) Handbook of Agricultural Economics. Volume 6, Chapter 88 (pp. 4845–4931). Elsevier. [Appendix, Pre-print]
Gaigné C. & J.-F. Thisse (2021) New Economic Geography and the City. In Fisher M. & Nijkamp P. (eds) Handbook of Regional Science, Springer, 2nd Edition, 1179-1221. [pdf version]
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Contact: Email carl.gaigne[at]inrae.fr | Postal address Carl Gaigné, INRAE, 4 Allée Bobierre, F-35000 Rennes
