Research
Ph.D. Thesis: Four essays on the institutional determinants of economic and political inequalities (in progress, supervisor: Prof. B. Deffains)
Master Thesis: Law and Inequalities (2021, supervisor: Prof. B. Deffains) available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wyaAxJl57L02Aw2MtWSX6XuPzZ3_2U2w/view?usp=sharing
Publication :
Barriola, I., Deffains, B., & Musy, O. (2023). Law and inequality: A comparative approach to the distributive implications of legal systems. International Review of Law and Economics, 106139. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0144818823000170
Abstract
The literature on legal traditions focuses on the comparative macroeconomic effects of legal systems, concentrating on efficiency alone and leaving distributive issues to taxation. However, a country’s legal structure also conditions the primary distribution of income and may have a comparative advantage over taxation as a distributive instrument. We use cross-section and panel estimates to show that the level of income inequality in a country is correlated with its legal system. By several measures of inequality, common law countries are on average more unequal than civil law countries. We explain these results by the nature of the systems. The looser regulation in common law countries limits their capacity to achieve social objectives such as combating income inequality.
Work in progress :
Distance, Media and Trust in Institutions: How to build a nation from the capital city ?, with R. Chaba (LEMMA) draft coming soon!
Labor market regulation and inequality: How legal systems shape bargaining power
On the influence of AI-powered programmatic advertising on interpersonal inequalities, with L. Fortin-Tyson (CRED),
C. Noujarret (CRED) and T. Toutounji (CRED)
Reports :
Barriola, I., & Deffains, B., (2021). Systèmes juridiques et inégalités, Rapport pour la fondation pour le droit continental
Barriola, I., & Deffains, B., Sécurité juridique et transactions immobilières Rapport pour le conseil supérieur du notariat, EN COURS