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.


[CV here]

[ORCID profile here]


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.