Renaud Coulomb

In environmental and resource economics, I study the impacts of climate change mitigation on energy resource use and on the (market) value of energy firms and their assets.  In political economy, I examine the value of political connections for firms or board members, sometimes at the expense of society.  

My goal is to produce policy-relevant research outcomes that are empirically-grounded and theoretically-sound.  My  research is question-driven: depending on the project,  I rely on applied micro  methods or applied theory, combining both when relevant.  

Prior to joining Mines Paris – PSL, I was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Melbourne. I also worked as a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment) and at the Ecole Centrale Paris (CGI).  I hold a PhD and a master’s degree in Economics from the Paris School of Economics and a master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences-Po Paris, and a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. 

CV available here

What's new?

— "The (Market) Value of State Honors", with Stéphane Benveniste, Marc Sangnier, Working Paper, AMSE,  n° 2022-nr01, January 2022. Working Paper Under Review

— "'Bad' Oil, 'Worse' Oil, and Carbon Misallocation", with Fanny Henriet and Léo Reitzmann, Working Paper, Paris School of Economics, n° 2021-38, June 2021.  Working Paper, Revise and resubmit (2nd round) at the Review of Economic Studies.

— “Political Connections and White-collar Crime: Evidence from Insider Trading in France”, with Thomas Bourveau and Marc Sangnier, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021 , Vol. 19(5), pages 2543–2576.   Paper | Online Appendix  | Replication files/Data  | Media Briefing | Press Coverage