Launched in 2002, this yearly conference aims at encouraging production and diffusion of high quality research in public economics, with a special emphasis toward results that clearly contribute to shed light on various aspects of “real world ” public decision making. In this sense, this conference is in the spirit of the project of developing the Institut d’Economie Publique (IDEP) to which Louis-André Gérard -Varet devoted the last years of his life.

Argument

The twelfth edition of the Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet, Conference in Public Economics will take place in Aix en Provence (France),  June 26-28, 2013. Launched in 2002, this yearly conference aims at encouraging production and diffusion of high quality research in public economics, with a special emphasis toward results that clearly contribute to shed light on various aspects of “real world ” public decision making. In this sense, this conference is in the spirit of the project of developing the Institut d’Economie Publique (IDEP) to which Louis-André Gérard -Varet devoted the last years of his life.

The Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet are open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. Are especially (but not exclusively) requested papers in the following categories of topics:

• Taxation (including transfers, social security, etc.)
• Local Public Economics and Geographical Economics
• Fiscal Federalism
• Provision of Public Goods
• Externalities
• Political Economy
• Auctions and Public Markets
• Regulation of Firms
• Law and Economics
• Environment
• Health Economics
• Education
• Normative Foundation of Public Intervention and Social Choice
• Economic Inequalities
• Macroeconomic Policy and Growth

The program will as usual consist in both contributed papers and three keynote lectures. The three keynote lectures will be given this year by

• Prof. Abhijit Banerjee, MIT,
• Prof. Guido Tabellini, Universita’ L. Bocconi,
• Prof. Hal Varian, University of Berkeley.

Submission guidelines

The contributed papers will be selected out of the submissions received. These submissions, which should at least take the form of a four pages abstract or, much preferably, of a version of the complete paper, must be received

no later than March 15, 2013

by the scientific committee.

A decision will be communicated to submitters no later than April 8, 2013.

May 7, 2013 Registration deadline for presenters.

Submissions may be uploaded on the website http://www.afse-lagv.com 

Scientific Coordination

• Nicolas Gravel, Aix-Marseille Université, Amse

Scientific Committee

• Robin Boadway, Queen’s University
• Raouf Boucekkine, Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Louvain, Amse
• Alexandra Casella, Columbia University
• Pierre-Philippe Combes, Cnrs, Amse
• Helmuth Cremer, Toulouse School of Economics
• Russell Davidson, Université McGill, Aix-Marseille Université, Amse
• Brigitte Dormont, Université Paris-Dauphine, Leda-Legos
• Marc Fleurbaey, Princeton University
• Thibault Gajdos, Cnrs, Amse
• Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa, Cnrs, Amse
• Dominique Henriet, Ecole centrale Marseille, Amse
• Jean Hindriks, Université Catholique de Louvain, Core
• Didier Laussel, Aix-Marseille Université, Amse
• Michel Le Breton, Toulouse School of Economics
• Jean-Paul Moatti, Aix-Marseille Université, Amse
• Michel Mougeot, Université de Besançon
• Patrick Moyes, Cnrs, Gretha, Université Montesquieu (Bordeaux IV)
• Pierre Pestieau, Université de Liège, Core
• Patrick Pintus, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Universitaire de France, Amse
• Jean-Charles Rochet, University of Zurich, Toulouse School of Economics
• Alain Trannoy, EHESS, Amse
• Marie-Claire Villeval, Cnrs, Gate
• Tanguy Van Ypersele, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Universitaire de France, Amse

Local Organization

• Isabelle Mauduech, isabelle.mauduech@univ-amu.fr 

Communication

• Yves Doazan, yves.doazan@univ-amu.fr