Helmuth Cremer

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Louvain, 1987.

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Present Positions
Professor of Economics, Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, since October 1993.
Senior member of Institut universitaire de France (Promotion 2006), since February 2007.

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Past Positions
Junior member of Institut universitaire de France, (1996-2001).
Assistant Professor (1988-92), Associate Professor (1993-94), Department of Econom- ics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (1993-1994).

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Other appointments and activities
Co-chair of Scientific Committee, IIPF Annual Congress 2008 in Maastricht
Member of the "Conseil Economique de la Nation", (Council of Economic Advisors of the French Minister of Finance), since October 2005.
Research Director at IDEI (co-responsible for the partnerships with La Poste and Royal Mail)

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Editorial activities
Managing editor: German Economic Review
Associate editor: Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, German Economic Review, Finanzarchiv,
BE Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy, Économie Publique, Journal of Population Economics.

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Selected Publications
1. "Voting over type and generosity of a pension system when some individuals are
myopic", with P. De Donder, D. Maldonado and P. Pestieau, Journal of Public
Economics, 91, 2007, 2041-2061.
2. "Pensions with endogenous and stochastic fertility", with F. Gahvari and P.
Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, 90, 2006, 2303-2321.
3. "Social security, retirement age and optimal income taxation", with J.-M. Loz-
achmeur and P. Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, 88, 2004, 2259-2281.
4. "Competition in gas markets"with J.-J. Laffont, European Economic Review, 46,
2002, 928-935.
5. "Direct versus indirect taxation : The design of the tax structure revisited"with
P. Pestieau and J.-C. Rochet, International Economic Review, 42, 2001, 781-799.
6. "The political economy of social security", with G. Casamatta and P. Pestieau,
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 102, 2000, 503-522.
7. "Reforming our pension system: Is it a demographic, financial or political prob-
lem ?", with P. Pestieau, European Economic Review, 44, 2000, 974-983.
8. "Political sustainability and the design of social insurance", with G. Casamatta
and P. Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, 75, 2000, 341-364.
9. "Risk sharing in licensing", with A. Bousquet, M. Ivaldi and M. Wolkowicz, In-
ternational Journal of Industrial Organization, 16, 1998, 535-554.
10. "In-kind transfers, self-selection and optimal tax policy,"with F. Gahvari, European
Economic Review, 41, 1997, 97-114.
11. "Redistributive taxation and social insurance," with P. Pestieau, International
Tax and Public Finance, 3, 1996, 281-295.
12. "Uncertainty, optimal taxation and the direct versus indirect tax controversy,"
with F. Gahvari, Economic Journal, 105, 1995, 1165-79.
13. "Commodity taxation in a differentiated oligopoly," with J.-F. Thisse, Interna-
tional Economic Review, 35, 1994, 613-633.
14. "Tax evasion and optimal commodity taxation," with F. Gahvari, Journal of Pub-
lic Economics, 50, 1993, 261-275.
15. "Duopoly with employee-controlled and profit-maximizing firms: Bertrand vs.
Cournot competition,"with J. Crémer, Journal of Comparative Economics, 16,
1992, 241-258.
16. "Location models of horizontal differentiation: A special case of vertical differ-
entiation models,"with J.-F. Thisse, Journal of Industrial Economics, 39, 1991,
383-390.
17. "Mixed oligopoly with differentiated products,"with M. Marchand and J.-F. Thi-
sse, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 9, 1991, 43-53.
18. "The public firm as an instrument for regulating an oligopolistic market," with
M. Marchand and J.-F. Thisse, Oxford Economic Papers, 41, 1989, 283-301.