NICOLAS TREICH  
     
  Ph. D.  in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics
  Directeur de Recherche INRA  
  LERNA & IDEI researcher  
  Member of CESifo, Munich  
  Adjunct professor, NHH Bergen  
     
     
  Contact Information  
      Mail:  ntreich@toulouse.inra.fr  
      Address: Aile J.-J. Laffont, Université des Sciences Sociales, 21 Allée de Brienne, 31000 Toulouse France  
 
      Tél:         +33 (0)5.61.12.85.14    
       
  Research Topics    
      Benefit-cost analysis; risk theory; environmental economics    
         
         
 

 

  Publications :  

"  Correlated risks and the value of information " 2011, Journal of Economics , 102, 77-87. (with Louis Eeckhoudt and Alban Thomas)

"  Risk-aversion and prudence in rent-seeking games " 2010, Public Choice , 145, 339-49.

" The value of a statistical life under ambiguity aversion " 2010, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , 59, 15-26.

"  The effect of health and longevity on financial risk tolerance " 2009, The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review , 34, 117-39. (with James K. Hammitt and Kevin Haninger).

" Subjective probabilities in games: An application to the overbidding puzzle " 2009, International Economic Review , 50, 1079-1102. (with Olivier Armantier)

" Can uncertainty alleviate the commons problem? " 2009, Journal of the European Economic Association , 5, 1042–1067. (with Yann Bramoullé)

" Star-shaped probability weighting functions and overbidding in first-price auctions " 2009, Economics Letters , 104, 83-85. (with Olivier Armantier)

" Regulation in Happyville " 2009, Economic Journal , 119, 665-679. (with François Salanié)

" Uncertainty, learning and ambiguity in climate policy: Classical results and new directions " 2008, Climatic Change, 89, 7-21. (with Andreas Lange)

" Statistical vs. identified lives in benefit-cost analysis " 2007, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 35, 45-66. (with James K. Hammitt)

" Roscas as financial agreements to cope with self-control problems " 2007, Journal of Development Economics, 82, 120-137. (with Stefan Ambec)

" Learning and climate change, " 2006, Climate Policy, 6, 585-89.(with Brian O'Neill et al.)

" Over-savings and hyperbolic discounting " 2006, European Economic Review, 50, 1557-1570. (with François Salanié)

" Fear of ruin " 2005, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 31, 289-300. (with Jérôme Foncel)

" Optimal consumption and the timing of the resolution of uncertainty ", 2005, European Economic Review, 49, 761-773. (with Louis Eeckhoudt and Christian Gollier)

" Risk-aversion, intergenerational equity and climate change ", 2004, Environmental and Resource Economics, 28, 195-207. (with Minh Ha-duong)

" Social willingness to pay, mortality risks and Contingent Valuation ", 2004, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 29, 7-19. (with Olivier Armantier)

" Decision-making under scientific uncertainty: The economics of the Precautionary Principle ", 2003, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 27, 77-103. (with Christian Gollier).

" Adjustment costs, uncertainty and the level of activity ", 2003, Southern Economic Journal, 69, 990-99. (with Louis Eeckhoudt).

"Théorie de la décision séquentielle et Principe de Précaution ", 2000, Cahiers d’Economie de Sociologie Rurales, 55-56, 6-24 .

" Scientific progress and irreversibility: An economic interpretation of the ‘Precautionary Principle’ ", 2000, Journal of Public Economics, 75, 229-53. (with Christian Gollier and Bruno Jullien).

" (In)flexibility and the level of output: A word of caution ", 1999, Economics Letters, 63, 335-39. (with Louis Eeckhoudt).

" Arrivée d'information et investissement : Étude dans un modèle simple de choix de portefeuille ", 1999, Revue Economique, 50, 233-54.

" Risk tolerance and value of information in the standard portfolio model ", 1997, Economics Letters, 55, 361-63.

 

 

  Papers in Books :  

"  Prevention and Precaution " in The Handbook of Insurance Economics edited by G. Dionne, forthcoming. (with Christophe Courbage and Beatrice Rey)

" The value of a statistical life " in The Handbook in Transport Economics edited by A. de Palma, R. Lindsey, E. Quinet and R. Vickerman, Edward Elgar, 2011. (with Henrik Andersson)

"  Precautionary Principle " in The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, 2009. (with Christian Gollier)

" Regulating an agent with different beliefs " 2006, in Frontiers on Regulation and Liability , 93-102. (with François Salanié)

" What is the economic meaning of the Precautionary Principle? ", 2001, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, Issues and Practice, 26, 334-45.

 

 

  Analyse Coût-Bénéfice :  

A primary objective in my professional life is that benefit-cost analysis is used more widely and more efficiently by french policy-makers. To this end, I have written some accessible papers and case studies on benefit-cost analysis in various french publication outlets.

"  Couts et bénéfices de l'usage de nanoparticules d'argent dans les réfrigérateurs " Les Cahiers de la Sécurité Industrielle, ICSI, 2011. (avec Eric Marsden et Remy Tello)

"  Comment influencer les citoyens sans en avoir l'air... " Telos, 13 avril 2011.

"  Vaccins: combien ça coûte? " Telos, 11 février 2010.

"  Analyse coût-bénéfice : application aux sites et sols pollués " Le Traitement Juridique des Sites et Sols Pollués, 2010.

"  Quelle est la valeur monétaire d’une QALY ? " Notes d’Actualité Scientifique, AFSSET, 2010.

"  Analyse coût-bénéfice de la généralisation des autocontrôles sur Escherichia coli O157:H7 dans la filière viande hachée " Rapport pour le Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche, Direction Générale de l'Alimentation., 2010. (avec Remy Tello et Sandrine Blanchemanche)

"  Responsabiliser les marchés et les entreprises pour le développement durable " (rapport co-écrit avec les membres du LERNA) PDF

"  L’analyse coût-bénéfice en 10 questions " Les Cahiers de la Sécurité Industrielle, ICSI, 2008. PDF

"  L'analyse coût-bénéfice de la prévention des risques " (preliminary) PDF

"  Entreprises socialement responsables: Quel sens? Quel avenir? " 2008, in Horizons Stratégiques . (with François Salanié)

"  Environnement : Cessons d’agir sous le coup des émotions " Le Monde, 3 Octobre 2007. (avec François Salanié)

"  Pour un Grenelle durable", L'Expansion, Novembre 2007. (avec François Salanié)

"  Régulation et perception des risques : Populisme ou paternalisme ?", 2005, Risques, 63, 135-38. (avec François Salanié)

"  L'analyse coût-bénéfice appliquée à l'étude de la prévention et de la précaution", 2005, Les Cahiers Français, 327, 83-86.

 

 

  Working Papers :  

" Insurance as a normal good: Empirical evidence for a puzzle" with Jérôme Foncel. (first version) PDF

" Option value and flexibility: A general theorem with applications" with François Salanié. (first version) PDF

" Eliciting beliefs: Proper scoring rules, incentives, stakes and hedging" with Olivier Armantier. PDF

" Necessary and sufficient conditions for prediction market accuracy" with Xue-Zhong He. (first version) PDF

" The effect of ambiguity aversion on insurance demand " with David Alary and Christian Gollier. PDF

" Cooperate and conquer " with Wei Hu. (first version) PDF

"  The social value of mortality risk reduction: VSL vs. the social welfare function approach " with James Hammitt and Matthew Adler. PDF

 

 

  Classes :  

" Benefit-cost Analysis;" PDF

" Economics of Risk and Uncertainty;" part1, part2

 
   

 

 

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