1 Karine Van der Straeten April 2009 Curriculum Vitae

Karine Van der Straeten
April 2009
Curriculum Vitae
Toulouse School of Economics
Manufacture des Tabacs – Aile J.-J. Laffont
31000 Toulouse France
Tel.: 33 5 61 12 87 67, E-mail : [email protected]
Current position
2008-…: Toulouse School of Economics, CNRS Research Fellow
2006-…: Paris Scool of Economics, Associate Professor
CEPREMAP Research Fellow
Past positions
2002-2008 : Ecole Polytechnique, Associate Professor
2006-2008: Paris School of Economics, CNRS Research Fellow
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 (DELTA-EHESS) and A. Trannoy (Université de CergyPontoise)
Graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (Economics and applied mathematics), 1997
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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
« One-round vs. Two-round Elections: An Experimental Study », 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).
« Approval voting in the French 2002 presidential election: A live experiment »,
Experimental Economics, forthcoming (with J.-F. Laslier).
« 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 - Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie, 86, 95-144 (with J. Roemer).
« Heterogeneity in reported well-being: Evidence from twelve European countries », 2005,
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).
« 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).
« A comparative study of two new approaches to estimate the vertical wind profile from
aliased radial velocity », 2000, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 25, No 10-12, 12151220 (with P. Tabary and G. Scialom).
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Teaching
Experimental Economics, since 2006, PhD program, Master Analyse et politique
économiques, Paris School of Economics (with N. Jacquemet)
Theory of collective decision, since 2002, PhD program, Master Analyse et politique
économiques, Paris School of Economics (with J.-F. Laslier)
Public Economics, PhD program, Yale University, fall 2001
Elementary and intermediate Microeconomics, Ecole Polytechnique, 2002-2008
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