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Montpellier Laboratory for Theoretical and Applied Economics (LAMETA)

Director: Marc Willinger
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Research area
The Montpellier Laboratory for Theoretical and Applied Economics research unit focuses mainly on public economics, environmental economics, natural resources (water and biodiversity) and modelling of sustainable development. The main research tools are modelling, experimental methods and econometrics. Most experimental research is devoted to testing alternative policy instruments designed for managing individual and collective action.
Research areas
  • Experimental & Behavioral Economics
  • Biodiversity
  • Water Resource Management
  • Sustainable Development
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Public Choice
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Staff profile
 
Total permanent staff Total Scientists* Scientists with "HDR"[1] Post-doc fellows PhD
39
35
30
1
25
*Scientists per member institution: 4 CNRS,15 UM1, 5 INRA, 3 SupAgro, 8 other Institutions
[1] French university degree for confirmed thesis supervisor
    
         
Research teams
  • Experimental and behavioral economics
  • Economic policy and public choice
  • Applied econometrics
  • Economic analysis of biodiversity
  • Quantitative and qualitative management of water resources
  • Analysis and modeling of sustainable development
Platforms and other tools
A dedicated experimental lab equipped with a network of 20 computers in cubicles.
Most important international partnerships
  • Waseda University (Japan)
  • University of Tilburg (Netherlands)
  • University of Miskolc (Hungary)
  • CORE (Belgium)
  • University of Sydney (Australia)
Facts and figures
Publications in international ranking journals
2007: 15 + 21 (forthcoming)
2006: 23
2005: 16
Representative publications

Chakravorty, U., Moreaux, M., Tidball, M. (2008) "Ordering the Extraction of Polluting Nonrenewable Resources, American Economic Review, forthcoming. 

Erdlenbruch, K., Tidball, M., Van Soest, D. (2007), "Renewable resource management, user heterogeneity, and the scope for cooperation", Ecological Economics, forthcoming. 

Figuieres, C., Bracht, J., Ratto, M. (2007), "Relative performance of two simple incentive mechanisms in a public goods experiment", Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming. 

Krawczyk, J.B. ; Lifran, R. ; Tidball, M. (2005), "Use of coupled incentives to improve adoption of environmentally friendly technologies", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Vol. 49, n° 2, 311-329. 

Willinger, M. ; Keser, C. (2007), "Theories of Behavior in principal-agent relationships with hidden action", European Economic Review, Volume 51, Issue 6, 1514-1533