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Giovanni Ricco, Professor at École Polytechnique and member of CREST, has taken over as Programme Director of the Monetary Economics and Fluctuations (MEF) programme at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), effective 1 September 2026. He succeeds Refet Gürkaynak (Bilkent University), who led the programme for six years. The MEF programme is one of […] The post Giovanni Ricco Appointed P…

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CREST Working Papers Series No. 2026-08 by Arnaud Pandevant The post Risky Reforms and the Emergence of Populist Candidates appeared first on CREST .

CREST Working Papers Series No. 2026-07 by Pauline Rossi The post Childlessness and the marriage market appeared first on CREST .

CREST Working Papers Series No. 2026-06 by Pauline Rossi and Christine Valente The post Chapter 20: Contraceptive access, fertility and well-being in lower income countries appeared first on CREST .

June was a busy and rewarding month for CREST’s doctoral community. Within the space of two weeks, PhD students took the lead in organizing two research events: the annual PhD Workshop for first-year economics students, and the very first edition of the Junior Finance Research Day. Together, they offer a good snapshot of a doctoral […] The post A Thriving PhD Community: Two Doctoral-Led Research …

Marion Brouard, who defended her PhD thesis at CREST in 2025 under the supervision of Pierre Boyer and Camille Landais, has just received two distinctions recognizing the quality of her work in public and labor economics. The Institut Polytechnique de Paris Thesis Award At the doctoral graduation ceremony on April 28, 2026, Marion Brouard received […] The post Marion Brouard, Young CREST Graduate…

Yasmine Houri, PhD candidate in the Sociology cluster at CREST, has received the Best Paper Award at the 18th ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci’26), held in Braunschweig, Germany, from May 26 to 29, 2026. The award recognises the paper co-authored with Upasana Dutta (University of Pennsylvania): “Framing the Fringe: Dynamics of Ingroup and Outgroup Narratives […] The post Best Paper Award at Web…

CREST Working Papers Series No. 2026-05 by Pierre C. Boyer, Adel Takhedmit and Paul Vanborre The post Political feasibility of French income tax reforms 2002-2019 appeared first on CREST .

CREST Working Papers Series No. 2026-04 by Catherine Doz, Laurent Ferrara and Anna Simoni The post Continuous-time Impulse Response Functions with functional approaches and mixed-frequency data appeared first on CREST .

CREST-Ecole polytechnique researcher Pierre Boyer is among the recipients of the 2026 Schmölders Stiftung Prize, awarded for the paper “Pareto-improving Tax Reforms and the Earned Income Tax Credit”, co-authored with Felix J. Bierbrauer and Emanuel Hansen. Awarded by the Finance Committee of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the prize recognizes outstanding contributions in behavioral economics with …

We are delighted to share that Roxana Dumitrescu (CREST – Groupe ENSAE-ENSAI) has been awarded the 2026 EIF–SCOR Foundation Prize of the Institut Louis Bachelier in the category of Best Young Researcher in Finance and Insurance. Roxana is an expert in stochastic control and financial mathematics, with a broad research scope. Her recent work significantly […] The post Roxana Dumitrescu wins the 20…