Research

My profile on Google Scholar, on RePEc and on ResearchGate.

Here is a quick intro to my ideal workflow (knitr (R+LaTeX)+git+MySQL) and why it is so awesome in order to make collaborative reproducible research.

Here are some guidelines that I use for preparing presentations and papers.


Refereed Articles in English


Non-Monetary Incentives to Increase Enrollment in Payments for Environmental Services

with Philippe Le Coent, Valentin David-Legleye and Véronique Delannoy, European Review of Agricultural Economics,  jbad014, June 2023.

Published version. Supplementary appendix. Report on pre-registered analysis.


Effectively and equitably steering pro-environmental behavior

with Gesche M. Huebner, Anouch Missirian, Shanyong Wang, Alejandro Lopez-Feldman, Giovanni Sogari, Zhaohua Wang, Hao Li, Bin Zhang, Bo Wang, Srishti Mediratta, Diana Ivanova, One Earth, Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 329-332, April 2023. 

Published version.


A Multidimensional Evaluation of the Benefits of an Early Pretend-play Training on Cognitive Control and Self-regulation: From Behavior to the Underlying Theta Neuro-oscillatory Activity

with Nicholas Adam, Agnès Blaye, Rasa Gulbinaite and Chloé Farrer, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Volume 216, Pages 105348, April 2022. 

Published version. Report on pre-registered analysis.


Can We Nudge Farmers Into Saving Water? Evidence from a Randomised Experiment

with Philippe Le Coent, Arnaud Reynaud, Julie Subervie and Daniel Lepercq,  European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 393-416, June 2019.

Published version. Short summary of the results (in French).


Analysis of the Bias of Matching and Difference-In-Difference under Alternative Earnings and Selection Processes

Journal of Econometrics, Volume 185, Issue 1, Pages 110–123, March 2015. 

Published version. Working paper version

I apologize for circulating this paper under three other different titles: "Symmetric Difference In Difference Dominates Matching in a Realistic Selection model," "Matching vs Differencing when Estimating Treatment Effects with Panel Data: the Example of the Effect of Job Training Programs on Earnings" (TSE working paper 12-356) and "To Control or Not to Control? Bias of Simple Matching vs Difference-In-Difference Matching in a Dynamic Framework.” The published version replaces them all.


How Much Green for the Buck? Estimating Additional and Windfall Effects of French Agro-Environmental Schemes by DID-Matching

with Julie Subervie, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Volume 65, Issue 1, Pages 12–27, January 2013. 

Published version. Working paper version. Supplementary material

Mentions of this work: Inra Website, Les Echos.


Working Papers


When Nudges Backfire: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment to Boost Biological Pest Control , Revise and Resubmit, Annales d'Economie et Statistiques.

with Philippe Le Coent, Caroline Lefebvre, Raphaele Preget, François Salanié, Julie Subervie and Sophie Thoyer.


How Much Should We Trust Observational Estimates? Accumulating Evidence Using Randomized Controlled Trials With Imperfect Compliance, Submitted [New version]

with David Bernard, Gharad Bryan, Jon de Quindt, Jasmin Fliegner and Roland Rathelot.


Are Forest Conservation Programs a Cost-Effective Way to Fight Climate Change? A Meta-Analysis [New version]

with Philippe Delacote, Anouch Missirian and Anca Voia.


The Impact of Organic Farming on Productivity and Biodiversity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment [New version]

with Marine Coinon, Anouch Missirian, François Libois, Marta Pinzan, Arnaud Reynaud, Clelia Sirami, David Sheeren and Eva Tène.


Water Quality, Policy Diffusion Effects and Farmers' Behavior [New version coming soon!!]

with Arnaud Reynaud and Eva Tène.


Are Grassland Conservation Programs a Cost-Effective Way to Fight Climate Change? Evidence from France  [New version coming!!]

with Anca Voia. 


Land Fragmentation, Land Consolidation and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from France [New version coming!!]

with Jacint Enrich.


Should We Combine Difference In Differences with Conditioning on Pre-Treatment Outcomes? [New version coming!!]


Ongoing Projects


Treatment (Mis)Allocation Under Publication Bias.

with Ryan Briggs.


What to Do When the Parallel Trends Assumption Does Not Hold?


Diffusion Effects of Nudges


Book Chapters in English


Econometric Methods for Estimating the Additional Effects of Agro-Environmental Schemes on Farmers' Practices

with Julie Subervie, Ch. 10 in Evaluation of Agri-Environmental Policies: Selected Methodological Issues and Case Studies, Ed. by Alison Burrell, OECD, August 2012.

Working paper version.


Refereed Articles and Book Chapters in French


Évaluation des Politiques Publiques : expérimentation randomisée et méthodes quasi-expérimentales

with Laura Dupont-Courtade and Nicolas Treich,  Economie et Prévision, Volume 211-212, Issue 2-3, Pages 1-34, 2017.

Working paper version.


Commentaire sur l'article de Marianne Bléhaut et Roland Rathelot "Expérimentation contrôlée contre appariement"

Economie et Prévision, Issue 204-205(1), Pages 183-191, 2014. 

Working paper version.


Le rôle de l’orientation syndicale des chambres d’agriculture dans la contractualisation des Mesures Agro-Environnementales

with Florimond Brun, VertigO, Hors-série 20, Décembre 2014. 

Working paper version


Adoption et efficacité des Mesures Agro-Environnementales

with Yann Desjeux, Pierre Dupraz and Julie Subervie, in Le développement rural en Europe: Quel avenir pour le deuxième pilier de la Politique Agricole Commune?, Ed. by Aurélie Trouvé, Marielle Berriet-Solliec and Denis Lépicier, PIE Peter Lang.


Older Working Papers


A Generalized Method for Estimating Household Level Welfare Impacts of Price Changes


Estimateur des effets fixes, effets dynamiques d’un traitement et anticipations: application aux aides à l’investissement (in French).


PhD Thesis


Evaluating the Impact of Public Policies: A General Framework and Applications to Agricultural and Forest Policies (in French).