Welcome!
I am currently a Full Professor of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (IAE) of Nantes Université. In March 2023, I obtained the Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR). The title of my HDR thesis is:
Social Networks and Economic Behavior: Theory and Applications.
The defense committee included Nizar Allouch, Frédéric Deroïan, Jean-Christophe Péreau, Benoît Sévi, Thomas Vallée, and Yves Zenou.
Previously, I completed my PhD at CIRAD after earning a Master's degree from Toulouse School of Economics.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Economic Theory, Economics of Social Networks, Environmental Economics.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
"Demand Response in Power Off-Grid Microgrids in Nigeria: A Game Theory Approach" (with R. Diatta and R. Loisel). 2025. Global Energy Interconnection, 8(4): 581-597.
"Social Norms Drivers on Public Good Contributions" (with P. Pedehour). 2025. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 27(1): e70015.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email address: lionel.richefort[at]univ-nantes.fr
Mailing address: IAE Nantes, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, 44300 Nantes, France.