Research & Projects

1. “Rise of China’s National Sword: Evaluating impact on the waste imports of China” co-authored with Chahir Zaki and Camélia Turcu.  (forthcoming)

This paper examines the heterogeneous impact of the China’s National Sword, implemented in 2018, on Chinese import flows as well as the ASEAN and South Asian imports. 

2.  “Linking Trade Policy and Circularity: Evidence on the Role of Trade Agreement Provisions” co-authored with Chahir Zaki.  (forthcoming)

This paper examines whether regional trade agreements (RTAs) that include circular economy (CE) provisions affect bilateral trade differently than conventional RTAs, with particular attention to trade in CE-related products and circular material groups. 

3. Teaching case on the “Circular Economy Meets the Waste Trade: Lessons from China’s National Sword”, co-authored with Chahir Zaki and Camélia Turcu for Monash University, Australia  (submitted)

The case teaches that in response to China’s National Sword, students must determine how a recycling company should handle the transition from a linear waste-management model toward a more resilient circular one. 

4. Replication paper on “Income and Population Growth”, co-authored with Alexandra Amani, Anne Cécile Baptiste Giuliana, and Flavien Vilbert for the Institute of Replication (I4R) (submitted)

We replicate the paper of Brueckner & Schwandt (2015) by reproducing the reported results. Further, we conduct two additional robustness analyses. 

Forthcoming conferences:

1. Workshop on International Trade and Sustainablity (WITS) in Orléans, France (October 2026).

2. SEEDS-Biofairnet Annual Conference 2026 in Ferrara, Italy (December 2026). 

Past conferences:

1. Circular GAIA Symposium 2026 in Athens, Greece (October 2026). 

2. 27th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) in Exeter, UK (September 2026). 

3. 13th Annual Conference of French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (FAERE) in Dijon, France (September 2026). 

4. French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (FAERE) 15th Thematic Workshop, France (June 2026). 

5. Replication Games hosted by CERDI in Clermont-Ferrand, France (May 2026). 

6. Laboratoire d’Economie d’Orléans Doctoral Days 2026, Orléans, France (May 2026). 

7. 26th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) in Milan, Italy (September 2025). 

8. 27th Annual Conference of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER) in Rome, Italy (September 2025). 

9. Laboratoire d’Economie d’Orléans Doctoral Days, Orléans, France (June 2025). 

10. Crisis and Globalization organized by Centre d'Etudes Juridiques Pothier (CRIJ) and Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans (December 2024).