Professor Helmuth Cremer

Toulouse School of Economics, France

Fields of interest

Public Economics, Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory.

Current position

1993 –   Professor of Economics, Toulouse 1 Capitole University, France

Education

1987 – Ph.D. in Economics, University of Louvain

Grants and awards

2006 – 2011 – Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France

2005 -Fellow of the Commission Economique de la Nation

1996 – Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France

Senior member of Institut universitaire de France (Promotion 2006), Chair of Public

Economics, since February 2007.

Fellow: CEPR, CESifo and IZA.

Editorial activities

Managing editor: German Economic Review (2006-2014)

Associate editor: Journal of Public Economics (1997-2012), Journal of Public Economic Theory (2002- ), BE Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy (2001-2010), Économie Publique (2008- ), Journal of Population Economics (2008- ), Finanzarchiv (2010 -), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics (2016 -).

Editor: Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2010 – 2012)

Publications

Selected Articles in refereed journals

“Uncertain altruism and the provision of long term care”, with F. Gahvari and P. Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, 151, 2017, 12-24.

“Restoring Ramsey tax lessons to Mirrleesian tax settings: Atkinson-Stiglitz and Ramsey reconciled”, with F. Gahvari, Social Choice and Welfare, 49, 2017, 11-35.

“Long-term care and lazy rotten kids”, with K. Roeder, forthcoming, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017.

“Means-tested Long-Term-Care and family transfers”, with P. Pestieau, forthcoming, German Economic Review, 2017.

“Social Insurance with Competitive Insurance Markets and Risk Misperception”, with K. Roeder, Journal of Public Economics, 146, 2017, 138-147.

“Rotten spouses, family transfers and public goods”, with K. Roeder, Journal of Population Economics, 30, 2017, 141-161.

“Household bargaining and the design of couples income taxation”, with J.-M. Lozachmeur, D. Maldonado and K. Roeder, European Economic Review, 89, 2016, 454-470.

“The design of long-term care insurance contracts”, with J.M. Lozachmeur and P. Pestieau, Journal of Health Economics, 50, 2016, 330-339.

“Earmarking and the political support of fat taxes”, with C. Goulao and K. Roeder, Journal of Health Economics, 50, 2016, 258-267.

“The design of insurance coverage for medical products under imperfect competition”, with D. Bardey and J.-M. Lozachmeur, Journal of Public Economics, 137, 2016, 28-37.

“Life expectancy heterogeneity and the political support for collective annuities”, with P. De Donder, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 118, 2016, 594-615.

“Social long-term care insurance with two-sided altruism”, with P. Pestieau and K. Roeder, Research in Economics, 70, 2016, 101-109.

“Means testing versus basic income: The (lack of) political support for a universal allowance”, with K. Roeder, Economics Letters, 136, 2016, 81-84.

“Energy taxes and oil price shocks”, with F. Gahvari and N. Ladoux, The BE Journals in Economics Analysis & Policy (Advances), 15, 2015, 475-501.

“Atkinson and Stiglitz theorem in the presence of a household production sector”, with F. Gahvari, Economics Letters, 126, 2015, 91-95.

“United but (un-)equal: Human capital, probability of divorce and the marriage contract”, with P. Pestieau and K. Roeder, Journal of Population Economics, 28, 2015, 195-217.

“Transfers within a three generations family: when the rotten kids turn into altruistic parents”, with K. Roeder, Economics Letters, 124, 2014, 392-395.

“Social long-term care insurance and redistribution”, with P. Pestieau, International Tax and Public Finance, 21, 2014, 955-974.

“Endogenous altruism, redistribution, and long-term care”, with F. Gahvari and P. Pestieau, The BE Journals in Economics Analysis & Policy (Advances), 14, 2014, 499-525.

“Migration and social insurance”, with C. Goulão, Louvain Economic Review/Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 80, 2014, 5-29.

“Long-term care policy, myopia and redistribution”, with K. Roeder, Journal of Public Economics, 108, 2013, 33-43.

“The economics of Long-Term-Care: A survey”, with P. Pestieau and G. Ponthières, Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2, 2012, 107-148.

“Accidental bequests: a curse for the rich and a boon for the poor”, with F. Gahvari and P. Pestieau, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 114, 2012, 1437-1459.

“Fertility, human capital accumulation, and the pension System”, with F. Gahvari and P. Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, 95, 2011, 1272-79.

“Environmental Cost and Universal Service Obligation in the Postal Sector”, with F. Boldron, C.

“The tax treatment of intergenerational wealth transfers”, with P. Pestieau, CESifo Economics Studies, 57, 2011, 365-401.

“Stochastic fertility, moral hazard, and the design of pay-as-you-go pension plans”, with F. Gahvari and P. Pestieau, CESifo Economics Studies, 57, 2011, 332-348.

“Myopia, redistribution and pensions”, with P. Pestieau, European Economic Review, 55, 2011, 165-175.

“Collective annuities and redistribution”, with J-M. Lozachmeur and P. Pestieau, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 12, 2010, 23-43.

“Longevity and annuities: An introduction”, with P. Pestieau, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 12, 2010, 1-5.

“Use and misuse of unemployment benefits for early retirement”, with JM Lozachmeur, P Pestieau, European Journal of Political Economy 25, 2009, 174-185.

“Voting on pensions with endogenous retirement age”, with G Casamatta and P Pestieau,International Tax and Public Finance 12, 2005, 7-28.

“Social security, retirement age and optimal income taxation”, with JM Lozachmeur and P Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, 88, 2004, 2259-2281.

“The double dividend of postponing retirement”, with P Pestieau, International Tax and Public Finance 10, 2003, 419-434.

“The political economy of social security”, with G Casamatta and P. Pestieau Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 102, 2000, 503-522.

“Political sustainability and the design of social insurance”, with G Casamatta and P Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics 75, 2000, 341-364.