My research lies at the intersection of environmental economics, public finance, and applied microeconomics. I am particularly interested in the distributional impact and social acceptability of climate and fiscal policies, including:
Carbon pricing (carbon taxes, emissions trading),
Energy subsidy reforms (especially fossil fuel subsidy removal),
Social protection mechanisms related to climate transitions,
Willingness to pay for climate policies,
Behavioral responses to environmental taxation and information instruments.
I use household-level microsimulation models, demand system estimation (e.g., QUAIDS), and causal inference methods (e.g., causal forests, transfer learning) to evaluate the ex-ante and ex-post impacts of climate-related fiscal reforms. My empirical work focuses primarily on middle-income countries, with a special focus on China and Morocco.
Current Projects Include:
The Distributional Effects of Carbon Pricing in China: A microsimulation-based study using CFPS and CEADs data.
Subsidy Reform and Social Protection in Morocco: Evaluating LPG subsidy phase-out and universal social security expansion.
Causal Transfer Learning for Climate Policy: Combining experimental and observational data to estimate willingness to pay for carbon taxation.
CBAM Readiness in North Africa: Assessing trade and employment impacts of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
I am affiliated with the Bordeaux School of Economics and collaborate with researchers from INRAE and other international institutions.
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