Annexe B

Karine Van der Straeten
Curriculum Vitae
July 2011
Contact
Toulouse School of Economics-GREMAQ
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31000 Toulouse France
Tel.: 33 5 61 12 86 03
E-mail : [email protected]
Current academic position
Toulouse School of Economics-GREMAQ, CNRS Research Fellow
Deputy Director of GREMAQ
IDEI, Research Fellow
Current non academic position
Associate editor, Mathematical Social Sciences
Past academic positions
2002-2008 : Ecole Polytechnique, Associate Professor
2006-2008: Paris School of Economics, CNRS Research Fellow
Paris School of Economics, Associate Professor
2001-2005: Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS Research Fellow
2001 (fall): Yale University, Visiting Assistant Professor
Cowles Foundation, Research Fellow
1998-2001: Lecturer, University of Cergy-Pontoise
Education
PhD in Economics (Ecole Polytechnique), 2000. Main advisers: F. Bourguignon (DELTAEHESS) and A. Trannoy (Université de Cergy-Pontoise)
Ecole Polytechnique (Economics and applied mathematics), 1997
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Selected publications
Book
Racism, xenophobia and distribution, A study of multi-issue politics in advanced democracies,
Harvard University Press & Russell Sage Foundation Press, 2007 (with W. Lee and J.
Roemer).
Articles
« Strategic vote choice in one round and two-round elections: an experimental study »,
Political Research Quarterly, forthcoming (with A. Blais, S. Labbé St-Vincent, J.-F. Laslier
and N. Sauger).
« Strategic, sincere and heuristic voting under four election rules: an experimental study »,
2010, Social Choice and Welfare, 35, 435-472 (avec A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier et N. Sauger).
« Immigration and natives’ attitudes towards the welfare state: Evidence from the European
Social Survey », Social Indicators Research, 2009, 91: 345-370 (with C. Sénik et H.
Stichnoth).
« One-round vs. Two-round Elections: An Experimental Study », 2008, French Politics, 5,
278-286 (avec A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier, A. Laurent et N. Sauger).
« Racism, xenophobia and distribution », Journal of the European Economic Association,
forthcoming (with W. Lee and J. Roemer).
J.-F. Laslier and K. Van der Straeten, « Approval voting in the French 2002 presidential
election: A live experiment », Experimental Economics, 2008, 11(1), 97-105.
« The political economy of xenophobia and distribution: The case of Denmark », 2006,
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 108, 251-278 (with J. Roemer).
« Xenophobia and distribution in France : A politico-economic analysis », 2005, Journal of
Economics, 86, 95-144 (with J. Roemer).
« Heterogeneity in reported well-being: Evidence from twelve European countries », 2005,
The Economic Journal, 115, 118-132 (with A. Clark, F. Etilé, F. Postel-Vinay, C. Sénik).
« Politique sociale et immigration en France : une analyse des opinions et des comportements
électoraux », 2005, Economie Publique, 16, 3-36 (with J. Roemer).
« Vote par assentiment pendant la présidentielle 2002 : analyse d’une expérience », 2004,
Revue Française de Science Politique, 54, 99-130 (with J.-F. Laslier).
« Electoral competition , information and a strategic electorate », 2004, Economic Theory,
24, 419-446 (with J.-F. Laslier).
« Voting under ignorance of job skills of unemployed: the overtaxation bias », 2003, Journal
of Public Economics, 87, 595-626 (with J.-F. Laslier and A. Trannoy).
« L’importance des incitations financières dans l’obtention d’un emploi est-elle
surestimée ? », 2003, Economie et Prévision, 160-161, 49-78 (with C. Hagneré, N. Picard and
A. Trannoy).
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« Compétition électorale et impôt négatif : la trappe informationnelle à inactivité », 2003,
Economie et Prévision, 156, 107-123.
« La prime pour l’emploi est-elle optimale ? », 2002, Economie Publique, 11, 15-45 (with C.
Hagneré, N. Picard and A. Trannoy).
Working papers submitted for publication
« The mechanical and psychological effects of electoral systems: An appraisal with
experimental data », 2010, mimeo (with A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier and N. Sauger)
« A communication game on electoral platforms », IDEI Working Paper, n°589, novembre
2009 (with G. Demange).
« Ethnic Diversity and Attitudes Towards Redistribution: A Review of the Literature », 2009,
ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-036 Mannheim (with H. Stichnoth.
« Measuring Perceptions of Candidate Viability in Voting Experiments », 2009 (with
A. Blais, M. Foucault, S. Labbé St-Vincent, J.-F. Laslier, and N. Sauger.
Other:
« Crise de la représentation politique en France: Comment réconcilier le peuple et ses élus? »,
2010, in Economiques 2: 16 nouvelles questions d'économie contemporaine, sous la direction
de D. Cohen et P. Askenazy, Paris : Albin Michel.
« La perception de la pauvreté et des inégalités : I. Enquêtes d’opinion »,2009, in A. Leroux et
P. Livet (éd.), La pauvreté dans les pays riches, Paris : Economica, pp. 209-224 (avec J.-F.
Laslier)
« La perception de la pauvreté et des inégalités : II. Economie expérimentale », 2009, in A.
Leroux et P. Livet (éd.), La pauvreté dans les pays riches, Paris : Economica, pp. 225-242
(avec J.-F. Laslier)
Referree activities
American Political Science Review, Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, B.E. Journals in
Economic Analysis & Policy, Economic Theory, Economie et Prévision, Economie Publique,
Games and Economic Behavior, German Economic Review, International Journal of Game
Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economics, Journal of
Economic Inequality, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory,
Journal of Risk and Insurance, Mathematical Social Sciences, Review of Economic Studies,
Revue Economique, Revue d’Economie Politique, Social Choice and Welfare, Theory and
Decision.
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Teaching
Public Economics, Master in Economics, TSE-University of Toulouse, since 2009
Experimental Economics, 2006-2009, PhD program, Master Analyse et politique
économiques, Paris School of Economics
Theory of collective decision, 2002-2009, PhD program, Master Analyse et politique
économiques, Paris School of Economics
Public Economics, PhD program, Yale University, fall 2001
Elementary and intermediate Microeconomics, Ecole Polytechnique, 2002-2008
Selection of grants and distinctions
2009: Research Council of Canada Grant, « Making electoral democracy work », leading
investigator: A. Blais (University of Montreal)
2009: Médaille de bronze du CNRS
2005: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) Grant, « Préférences individuelles,
Comportements économiques et solidarités », leading investigator: Luc Arrondel (PSE)
2005: ANR Grant, « CSES – France : Dispositif français d’une enquête électorale
internationale à l’occasion des élections législatives 2007 », leading investigator: Nicolas
Sauger (Sciences-Po)
2002: Russell Sage Foundation Grant, « The political economy of racism, xenophobia, and
distribution», leading investigator: John Roemer (Yale University)
2001: Cowles Foundation, Research Fellow
2001: Best PhD of the year Award, Ecole Polytechnique
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