THEMA (https://thema-cergy.eu Théorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), is a research center in economics, finance, and management, jointly operated by CY Cergy Paris Université, ESSEC Business School, and CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research). THEMA is home to approximately 120 members: permanent faculty, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, administrative and technical staff. Our research is internationally recognized, with publications in the most prestigious peer-reviewed academic journals and sustained success in securing external funding for our research projects.
Our permanent faculty members regularly publish in leading economics journals, with selected recent examples listed below:
Anderson, S. P., and R. Renault. (2026): "Search Direction: Position Externalities and Position Auction Bias," The Review of Economic Studies, 93, 763–97.
Ispano, A., and P. Vida. (2024): "Designing Interrogations," The Review of Economic Studies, 91, 3504–31
Bach, L., A. Bozio, A. Guillouzouic, and C. Malgouyres. (2023): "Dividend Taxes and the Allocation of Capital: Comment," American Economic Review, 113, 2048–52.
Fonseca, R., F. Langot, P.-C. Michaud, and T. Sopraseuth. (2023): "Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Health Status and Expenditures: Health Prices Matter," Journal of Political Economy, 131, 1949–93.
Danan, Eric, T. Gajdos, B. Hill, and J.-M. Tallon, Robust Social Decisions, American Economic Review, 106(9), 2407-2425, 2016.
Olivier, M. O. Tercieux (2012), Continuous Implementation, Econometrica, 80 , p.1605-1637,