The goal of the Applied Microeconomics area of the CESifo research network, organised by Christian Gollier, Toulouse, is to promote co-operation on high-quality research in the field of the functioning and regulation of markets. Members of the network examine market failures and provide policy recommendations aimed at improving welfare. Most sectors of the economy are covered, with particular emphasis on network industries (telecommunications, energy, media, and transport), financial intermediation and health. Our interests span a wide range of fields from antitrust, corporate governance and contract theory, cost structures, procurement and auctions to the microstructure of financial markets, solvency issues and regulation. Testing the theory with market data is an important element of our work. Assistant to this area is Jörg Claussen.
Born in 1961, Christian Gollier is Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse and at the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris). He is director of research at the Institut d'Economie Industrielle (IDEI) and a member of GREMAQ. He specialises in the economics of uncertainty and information, with applications to the functioning of risk-sharing markets (insurance, credit, stocks) and to environmental economics. His work has been published in international journals including Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Public Economics and the Review of Financial Studies. He has also published a number of books, for example "The Economics of Risk and Time" (MIT Press, 2001). He is Associate Editor of The Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Management Science, and The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory.
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