December 7, 2025 | Sociology
Samuel Coavoux, sociologue au CREST, analyse dans Le Progrès la montée du phénomène des “kidultes”, expliquant comment stratégies industrielles, légitimation sociale et communautés en ligne redessinent le marché du jouet destiné aux adultes.
November 27, 2025 | Economics
Le CREST a participé à la troisième édition du Baromètre des prélèvements fiscaux et sociaux en France, une enquête nationale qui analyse l’évolution des perceptions des Français face aux impôts et cotisations.
November 27, 2025 | Economics
Dans une tribune publiée dans Les Échos, Jean-Baptiste Michau, chercheur au CREST, examine l’impact d’une hausse de la TVA destinée à financer une baisse des charges patronales et à améliorer durablement la compétitivité et les finances publiques.
November 24, 2025 | Economics
Une étude de Philippe Choné et Lionel Wilner pour l'Institut des Politiques Publiques
November 21, 2025 | Economics
Lancement à Polytechnique de « OrienteXpress », un projet de recherche visant à améliorer l'orientation des jeunes vers les filières scientifiques. Porté par le professeur Guillaume Hollard, ce projet est soutenu par les donateurs dans le cadre de la campagne « Servir la science ».
November 17, 2025 | Economics
Louis De Lachapelle travaille sur les aides publiques versées aux entreprises et présente ses travaux pour France Culture.
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DecemberMicroeconomics, SeminarsGarima SHARMA (Northwestern)
“Collusion Among Employers in India”
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM11
DecemberFinance-Insurance, SeminarsAmedeo ANDRIOLLO (Université Paris-Dauphine PSL) “Causality versus Serial Correlation: an Asymmetric Portmanteau Test”
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM11
DecemberFinance-Insurance, SeminarsPierluigi VALLARINO (Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano Switzerland) “A General randomized test for alpha”
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM11
DecemberSeminars, SociologyMads MEIER JAEGER (University of Copenha...
“Breadth, Depth, or Consecration? Omnivorousness Tastes in Music and Perceptio...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM12
DecemberMacroeconomics, SeminarsBasile GRASSI (Bocconi University) “The EU Miracle: When 75 Million Reach High Income”
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM15
DecemberMacroeconomics, SeminarsNicolas LONGUET-MARX (Columbia University) “Party Lines or Voter Preferences? Explaining Political Realignment”
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM16
DecemberApplied Seminar, SeminarsEdoardo CISCATO (KU LEVEN)
“t.b.a.”
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM18
DecemberFinance-Insurance, Mathematical Finance, SeminarsXiaolu TAN (Chinese University Hong-Kong) “t.b.a.”
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM18
DecemberFinance-Insurance, Mathematical Finance, SeminarsXin Zhang (New York University) “t.b.a.”
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM05
JanuarySeminars, StatisticsOlga KLOPP (ESSEC)
TBA
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM19
JanuarySeminars, StatisticsElsa CAZELLES (CNRS- IRIT)
TBA
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM22
JanuaryFinance-Insurance, Quantitative Sustainable Economics and Finance, SeminarsPauline CHIKHANI (Université de Lausanne ) “t.b.a”
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM22
JanuaryFinance-Insurance, Quantitative Sustainable Economics and Finance, SeminarsLionel MELIN (EDHEC) “Quantifying Climate Risk Premia”
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM02
FebruarySeminars, StatisticsEric MOULINES (EPITA & MBZUAI)
TBA
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM16
FebruaryMacroeconomics, SeminarsAndres EROSA (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) “t.b.a.”
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM22
FebruaryFinance-Insurance, Quantitative Sustainable Economics and Finance, SeminarsDanial Ali AKBARI (University of Oslo)”t.b.a.”
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM22
FebruaryFinance-Insurance, Quantitative Sustainable Economics and Finance, SeminarsAlexander ARANJDELOVIC (Vienna University of Economics and Business) “t.b.a.”
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM09
MarchMacroeconomics, SeminarsStephen HANSEN (University College London) “t.b.a.”
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM11
MarchThere are no upcoming events at this time.Publications
economics
“Write Your Model Almost as You Would on Paper and Michel Will Take Care of the Rest!” Michel Juillard’s Contribution to Macroeconomics in Historical Perspective
In this article, we document Michel Juillard's contribution to macroeconomics. Best known as the creator of the computer package Dynare, Juillard's impact extends far beyond software development. We t ...
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2025
statistics
Least squares variational inference
Variational inference seeks the best approximation of a target distribution within a chosen family, where "best" means minimizing Kullback-Leibler divergence. When the approximation family is exponent ...
The 39th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, 2025
economics
The Social Tax: Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply
In low‐income communities in both rich and poor countries, redistributive transfers within kin and social networks are frequent. Such arrangements may distort labor supply—acting as a “social ta ...
Econometrica, Volume 93, Issue 6, 2025
economics
Consumer Mobility, Offline and Online Regional Trade: Evidence From High-Frequency Transaction Data
The shift from offline to online purchasing is reshaping trade patterns: a weaker effect of distance has been observed in digital transactions. This study analyzes these dynamics at an unprecedented s ...
International Economic Review, 2025