Web Page of Jacques Crémer

Jacques Crémer

IDEI Researcher
Member of the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Director of Research CNRS, GREMAQ, University of Toulouse I

Contacts

Email	:	jacques.cremer@tse-fr.eu
Phone	:	+33 (0)5 61 12 86 34
Fax	:	+33 (0)5 61 12 86 37
Office	:	MF 423

Secretary

Florence Chauvet

Email	:	florence.chauvet@tse-fr.eu
Phone	:	+33 (0)5 61 12 86 33
Fax	:	+33 (0)5 61 12 86 37
Office	:	MF 520

Links

Long CV (in english) (PDF file, 45 Kb)
Long CV (PDF file, 45 Kb)

Research Interests

Theory of Organizations
Political Economy
Networks, Software and Internet

Professional experiences

Current position

1991

Director of Research CNRS, GREMAQ, University of Toulouse I

Former positions

1978	-	1984	Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1983	-	1992	Professor of Economics, V.P.I & S.U.
1995			Visiting Professor, University of Southampton
1996	-	2002	Director of the École Doctorale de Sciences Économiques, University of Toulouse I
1997	-	2003	Professor, École Polytechnique
2002	-	2007	Director of IDEI

Education

1970			Ingénieur diplômé de l'École Polytechnique
1973			M.S. Management, Massachussets Institute of Technology
1978			Ph.D. Economics, Massachussets Institute of Technology

Grants and awards

1988	-	1989	Excellence in Teaching Award, Virginia Tech Economics Club
1991			"Scholar Award in Economics", Viriginia Social Sciences Association
1992			Fellow of the Econometric Society
1993			Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research
2000			Member of the Council of the Econometric Society
2005	-	2009	Fellow of the European Economic Association Council
2008			Member of the Conseil Scientifique du departement SHS, CNRS
2009	-	2011	Fellow of the Council of the Econometric Society
2009			Fellow of the ARCEP Foresight Committee
April 2010			Member of the Scientific Council, Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales
January 2011			Member of the Orientation Committee for the new Undergraduate Diplom

Visits

September 2007

December 2007

University of Maryland

Work in progress

Articles in working paper series

"The value of switching costs", IDEI Working Paper, n. 596, February 3, 2010, revised October 30, 2012.
(with Gary Biglaiser and Gergely Dobos)
[ Forthcoming in "Journal of Economic Theory" (PDF file, 535 Kb) ]

"Arm's length relationships without moral hazard", IDEI Working Paper, n. 585, November 16, 2009.
[ Full text (PDF file, 173 Kb) ]

"Legal vs Ownership Unbundling in Network Industries", IDEI Working Paper, n. 405, July 2006.
(with Helmuth Cremer and Philippe De Donder)
[ Full text (PDF file, 204 Kb) ]

"Codes in Organizations", IDEI Working Paper, n. 172, 2003, revised February 2005.
(with Luis Garicano and Andrea Prat)
[ Full text (PDF file, 202 Kb) ]
"Rental of a Durable Good", IDEI Working Paper, n. 162, 2003.
(with Cyril Hariton)
[ Full text (PDF file, 152 Kb) ]
"International Mergers and Increases in Retaliatory Power", IDEI Working Paper, n. 200, 2003.
[ Full text (PDF file, 94 Kb) ]
"Optimal Selling Mechanisms wth Costly Information Acquisition", IDEI Working Paper, n. 205, 2003.
(with Yossi Spiegel and Charles Z. Zheng)
[ Full text (PDF file, 161 Kb) | Abstract (PDF file, 68 Kb) ]

"Federal Mandates with Local Agenda Setters", IDEI Working Paper, n. 359, 2000, revised 2001.
(with Thomas R. Palfrey)
[ Abstract (PDF file, 3 Kb) ]

"Correlation, Independence, and Bayesian Implementation", IDEI Working Paper, n. 26, 1993.
(with Claude d'Aspremont and Louis-André Gérard-Varet)

Mimeos

Public Policy towards the Internet and Development.
[ Full text (PDF file, 165 Kb) ]

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

"Solving the "Selective Intervention" Puzzle", Revue d'Économie Industrielle, n. 129-130, 1er et 2ème trimestre 2010, p. 43-56.

"Risk Sharing, CEO Incentives, and Quality Differentiation in Agricultural Cooperatives: Discussion", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 91, n. 5, December 2009, p. 1233-1234. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01289.x.

"Auctions with Costly Information Acquisition", Economic Theory, vol. 38, n. 1, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, January 2009, p. 41-72.
(with Yossi Spiegel and Charles Z. Zheng)
[ Screen Version (PDF file, 327 Kb) | Print Version (PDF file, 263 Kb) ]

"Les frontières de l'entreprise", Économie et Statistique, vol. 405-406, February 2008, p. 3-11.
[ Abstract ]

"Optimal Search Auctions", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 134, May 2007, p. 226-248. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2006.03.047.
(with Yossi Spiegel and Charles Z. Zheng)

"Language and the Theory of the Firm", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 122, n. 1, February 2007, p. 373-407. doi:10.1162/qjec.122.1.373.
(with Luis Garicano and Andrea Prat)

"Costs and Benefits of Vertical Divestiture", Communications & Strategies, n. 68, IDATE, Montpellier, 2007, p. 41-56.
(with Helmuth Cremer and Philippe De Donder)
[ Full text (PDF file, 181 Kb) ]
"OPEC and the Monopoly Price of Oil", European Economic Review Half Century Journal Issue (2nd edition), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2007, p. 94-103.
(with Martin L. Weitzman)

"An Equilibrium Voting Model of Federal Standards with Externalities", Journal of Public Economics, vol. 90, n. 10, November 2006, p. 2091-2106. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.04.002.
(with Thomas R. Palfrey)

"Optimal Search Auctions with Correlated Bidder Types", Economics Letters, vol. 93, n. 1, Elsevier, October 2006, p. 94-100.
(with Yossi Spiegel and Charles Z. Zheng)

"Quelques Eléments d'économie du logiciel libre", Réseaux, vol. 22, n. 124, 2004, p. 111-139.
(with Alexandre Gaudeul)

"Correlation, Independence, and Bayesian Incentives", Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 21, n. 2, October 2003, p. 281-310.
(with Claude d'Aspremont and Louis-André Gérard-Varet)

"Balanced Bayesian Mechanisms", Journal of Economic Theory, 2003.
(with Claude d'Aspremont and Louis-André Gérard-Varet)

"Connectivity in the Commercial Internet", The Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 48, n. 4, December 2000, p. 433-472.
(with Patrick Rey and Jean Tirole)
[ Jstor© ]

"Network externalities and Universal Service Obligation in the Internet", European Economic Review, vol. 44, n. 4-6, Elsevier, 2000, p. 1021-1031.
[ Full text (PDF file, 183 Kb) ]
"Federal Mandates by Popular Demand", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 108, n. 5, 2000.
(with Thomas R. Palfrey)
[ Full text (PDF file, 712 Kb) ]

"The Pricing of Critical Applications in the Internet", Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 13, n. 4, December 1999, p. 281-310.
(with Cyril Hariton)

"Political Confederation", American Political Science Review, vol. 93, n. 1, American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., March 1999, p. 69-83.
(with Thomas R. Palfrey)

"Contracts and Productive Information Gathering", Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 25, 1998, p. 174-193.
(with Fahad Khalil and Jean-Charles Rochet)
"Strategic Information Gathering Before a Contract Is Offered", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 81, 1998, p. 163-200.
(with Fahad Khalil and Jean-Charles Rochet)

"Manipulation by Coalition Under Asymmetric Information: The Case of Groves, Mechanisms", Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 13, 1996, p. 39-73.
"In or Out ? Centralization by Majority Vote", European Economic Review, vol. 40, Elsevier, 1996, p. 43-60.
(with Thomas R. Palfrey and Gerard J. Van Den Berg (University of Southern California))

"Arm's Length Relationships", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. CX, n. 2, 1995, p. 275-296.
"Intégration Verticale : Vers un Guide pour le Praticien", Revue d'Économie Industrielle, vol. 193-214, numéro Hors-série, 1995.

"Employee Control and Oligopoly in a Free Market Economy", Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, n. 33, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Paris, January-March 1994, p. 29-50.
(with Helmuth Cremer)
[ Article ©Journal (PDF file) ]

"Corporate Culture: Cognitive Aspects", Industrial and Corporate Change, vol. 3, n. 2, 1993, p. 351-386.

"Mécanismes Bayésiens Incitatifs : un Survol Informel de Quelques Résultats Récents", Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, n. 25, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Paris, January-June 1992, p. 151-164.
(with Claude d'Aspremont and Louis-André Gérard-Varet)
[ Article ©Journal (PDF file) ]

"Gathering Information before Signing a Contract", American Economic Review, vol. 82, n. 3, 1992, p. 566-578.
(with Fahad Khalil)

"Incentives and the Existence of Pareto-Optimal Revelation Mechanisms", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 51, n. 2, August 1990, p. 233-254.
(with Claude d'Aspremont and Louis-André Gérard-Varet)

"The Rise and Fall of Oil Prices: A Competitive View", Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, n. 15/16, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Paris, July-December 1989, p. 427-454.
(with Djavad Salehi-Isfahani)
[ Article ©Journal (PDF file) ]

"Full Extraction of the Surplus in Bayesian and Dominant Strategy Auctions", Econometrica, vol. 56, n. 6, November 1988, p. 1247-1258.
(with Richard P. Mclean)

"On Governing Multilateral Transactions with Bilateral Contracts", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 18, n. 3, Autumn 1987, p. 436-451.
(with Michael Riordan)

"Cooperation in Ongoing Organizations", The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 101, n. 1, February 1986, p. 33-49.

"Optimal Selling Strategies under Uncertainty for a Discriminating Monopolist when Demands are Interdependent", Econometrica, vol. 53, n. 2, March 1985.
(with Richard P. Mclean)

"A Sequential Solution to the Public Goods Problem", Econometrica, vol. 53, n. 1, January 1985, p. 345-362.
(with Michael Riordan)

"The Economics of Repeat Buying", The RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 15, n. 3, Autumn 1984, p. 396-403.

"A Simple Proof of Blackwell's 'Comparison of Experiments' Theorem", Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 27, n. 2, August 1982, p. 439-443.

"A Partial Theory of the Optimal Organization of a Bureaucracy", The Bell Journal of Economics, vol. 11, n. 2, Autumn 1980, p. 683-693.

"A Quantity-Quantity Algorithm for Planning Under Increasing Returns to Scale", Econometrica, vol. 45, n. 6, September 1977, p. 1339-1348.

"OPEC and the Monopoly Price of Oil", European Economic Review, vol. 8, n. 2, Elsevier, August 1976, p. 155-164.
(with Martin L. Weitzman)

Books

Models of the Oil Market, Harwood Academic Publishers, 1991. ISBN:9783718650729.
(with Djavad Salehi-Isfahani)
[ Google Books ]

Contributions to books

"Le retour à la régulation ordinaire au sortir de la crise", in Les risques de régulation, series Thèmes et Commentaires, vol. 3: "Droit et économie de la régulation", Presses de Sciences-Po et Dalloz, June 2005, p. 59-65.

"Information dans la théorie des organisations", in L'économie de l'information: les enseignements des théories économiques, series Recherches, chapter 10, La Découverte, Paris, 1998, p. 277-292.

Articles in the Press

"Bien réglementer le nuage", Les Echos, June 8, 2011.
[ Full text (PDF file, 173 Kb) ]

"Et si la protection de la vie privée sur Internet était contre-productive?", Les Echos, May 4, 2011.
[ Full text (PDF file, 207 Kb) ]

"Les limites de la standardisation", Les Echos, March 30, 2011.
[ Full text (PDF file, 208 Kb) ]

"Entreprises: coopérer sans fausser la concurrence", Les Echos, January 19, 2011.
[ Full text (PDF file, 173 Kb) ]

"Repenser la délivrance des brevets", Les Echos, December 8, 2010.
[ Full text (PDF file, 173 Kb) ]

"La neutralité des réseaux", Les Echos, November 3, 2010.
[ Full text (PDF file, 153 Kb) ]

"Quel modèle pour la presse?", Les Echos, September 29, 2010.
[ Full text (PDF file, 40 Kb) ]

"Pour la réforme des retraites, soyons justes ... mais aussi efficaces", Les Echos, June 23, 2010.
(with Bernard Salanié)
[ Full text (PDF file, 257 Kb) ]

"Les deux secrets de la productivité américaine: management et formation", Les Echos, May 19, 2010.
(with Bernard Salanié)
[ Full text (PDF file, 227 Kb) ]

"Cette drôle de taxe agricole", Les Echos, April 14, 2010.
(with Bernard Salanié)
[ Full text (PDF file, 258 Kb) ]

"Les tablettes et la loi", Les Echos, March 3, 2010.
(with Bernard Salanié)
[ Full text (PDF file, 222 Kb) ]

"Quand l'inégalité monte par le mariage", Les Echos, February 4, 2010.
(with Bernard Salanié)
[ Full text (PDF file, 222 Kb) ]

"Paul Samuelson, inventeur d'une méthode d'analyse très féconde", Les Echos, December 23, 2009.
(with Bernard Salanié)

"Pour bien utiliser le grand emprunt", Les Echos, November 18, 2009.
(with Bernard Salanié)
[ Full text (PDF file, 40 Kb) ]

"Décentralisation à la chinoise", Les Echos, October 7, 2009.
(with Bernard Salanié)
[ Full text (PDF file, 223 Kb) ]

"Après Hadopi", Les Echos, June 24, 2009.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text (PDF file, 79 Kb) ]

"Vers une finance plus responsable", Les Echos, May 13, 2009.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Donnons sa chance à la réforme des universités", La Gazette du Midi, April 13-19, 2009.
(with Jean-Luc Gaffard (OFCE-Sciences Po))

"Ne jetons pas le bébé avec l'eau du bain de la crise !", Les Echos, April 8, 2009.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"TVA: tout ça pour ça!", L'Expansion, n. 740, April 2009.
[ Full text (PDF file, 104 Kb) ]

"La vertu solidaire de l'assurance-vie", Les Echos, March 4, 2009.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Comprendre le prix du pétrole", Les Echos, January 28, 2009.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"La myopie triomphante des pessimistes", Les Echos, December 17, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text (PDF file, 79 Kb) ]

"Mauvaises et bonnes régulations", Les Echos, November 13, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text (PDF file, 84 Kb) ]

"Pour que le plan Paulson fonctionne bien ...", Les Echos, October 10, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"TVA à 5.5%: une victoire à la Pyrrhus", Les Echos, July 17, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text | Réaction d'un restaurateur (PDF file, 39 Kb) ]

"Le pouvoir d'achat stagne", La Dépêche du Midi, July 16, 2008.

"La vérité des prix", Les Echos, June 19, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"L'université, l'argent et l'autonomie", Les Echos, April 24, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"La faute à l'incertitude", Les Echos, March 20, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Les réformes, toujours demain?", Les Echos, February 14, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Meilleurs voeux rationnels pour 2008!", Les Echos, January 10, 2008.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Google-Double Click, une fusion à regarder de près", Les Echos, November 29, 2007.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Grenelle: incitation ou obligation?", Les Echos, October 18, 2007.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Comment numériser la justice", Les Echos, September 20, 2007.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Gare aux grosses universités !", Les Echos, June 7, 2007.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"Pour une dépense publique plus efficace", Les Echos, April 26, 2007.
(with Christian Gollier)
[ Full text ]

"La face cachée de la techno", L'Expansion, n. 683, February 2004.
[ Full text (PDF file, 50 Kb) ]

"Faisons confiance aux élus", L'Expansion, n. 672, February 2003.
[ Full text (PDF file, 55 Kb) ]

Reports

Protecting Equity while Improving Efficiency: Some Possibilities for Expanding the Role of Competition and Choice in Health Care Delivery, February 2007.
(with Jean-Marie Lozachmeur and Stephen Wright)
[ Full text (PDF file) ]

Participations

Articles in the Press

"Excellence, Ja, Elitism, Non : interview Jacques Crémer", Science, November 2, 2012.
Participants: Jacques Crémer.
[ Full text (PDF file) | Webpage (subscription-only access) ]