Associate professor at the University of Strasbourg
Researcher at LaRGE Research Center
Faculté de Droit, de Sciences Politiques et de Gestion
1, Place d'Athènes BP 66 - 67045 Strasbourg Cedex, France
email: sbillon[at]unistra[dot]fr
Public and urban economics: Tax competition, fiscal capitalization, fiscal federalism
Monetary economics: Economics of banking, monetary policy transmission
«The SSM turns ten: Challenges and opportunities for the banking system» (2026), with Vincenzo Capizzi Natalia Andries, Laura Chiaramonte, Saverio Giorgio and Binru Zhao, Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions, 14(1) (editorial note).
«How does bank cost efficiency affect the interest rate pass-through?» (2026), with Natalia Andries, accepted in Revue Economique.
«Deposit insurance pricing and monetary policy transmission» (2025), with Natalia Andries, Economic modelling, 153, 107318.
«Tax competition and Leviathan with decentralized leadership» (2023), FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis, 79(2), pp. 93-110.
«Tax competition, public input, and market power» (2023), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 25(3), pp. 615-623.
«State ownership and corruption» (2016), with Robert Gillanders, International Tax and Public Finance, 23(6), pp. 1074-1092.
«Retail bank interest rate pass-through in the euro area: An empirical survey» (2016), with Natalia Andries, Economic Systems, 40 (1), pp. 170-194.
«Capitalization of fiscal variables persists over time» (2015), with David Stadelmann, Papers in Regional Science, 94 (2), pp. 347-363.
«Capitalization of fiscal variables and land scarcity» (2012), with David Stadelmann, Urban Studies, 49 (7), pp. 1571-1594.
«The effect of bank ownership and deposit insurance on monetary policy transmission» (2010), with Natalia Andries, Journal of Banking and Finance, 34 (12), pp. 3050-3054.
«Interest rate pass-through in the euro area: After two decades of crises, a return to normality?», with Natalia Andries and Nicolas Rautureau, submitted.
«To tax or to spend first? On the commitment to policy instruments in a decentralized leadership game», revise and resubmit.
«Interest Rate Pass-Through to Euro Area Corporate Lending Rates: Does Asymmetry Matter?», with Natalia Andries.