IDEI Researcher
Member of the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Research Director at INRA, Toulouse

Contacts

Links

Long CV (PDF file, 58 Kb)
http://www2.toulouse.inra.fr/lerna/treich/indextreichd.htm

Research Interest

Risk Theory and Environmental Economics

Professional experiences

Current position

Education

Work in progress

Articles in working paper series

• "The Social Value of Mortality Risk Reduction: VSL vs. the Social Welfare Function Approach", IDEI Working Paper, n. 709, March 2012.

  (with Matthew Adler and James K. Hammitt)

  [ Full text (PDF file, 61 Kb) ]

Mimeos

• Option Value and Flexibility: A General Theorem with Applications, January 2009.

  (with François Salanié)

  [ Full text (PDF file, 194 Kb) ]

Forthcoming

Articles in refereed journals

• "The Effect of Ambiguity Aversion on Insurance and Self-protection", The Economic Journal, 2013.

  (with David Alary and Christian Gollier)

  [Forthcoming]

  [ last working paper (PDF file, 211 Kb) ]
• "Eliciting Beliefs: Proper Scoring Rules, Incentives, Stakes and Hedging", European Economic Review, Elsevier, 2013.

  (with Olivier Armantier)

  [Forthcoming]

  [ last working paper (PDF file, 1 Mb) ]

Contributions to books

• "Option Value and Precaution", in Encyclopedia of Energy: Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, chapter 159, 2012. ISBN:9780691132792..

  (with Christian Gollier)

• "Prevention and Precaution", in The Handbook of Insurance, chapter 1, 2011.

  (with Christophe Courbage and B. Rey)

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

• "Correlated Risks and the Value of Information", Journal of Economics, vol. 102, n. 1, January 2011, p. 77-87. doi:10.1007/s00712-010-0169-5.

  (with Louis Eeckhoudt and Alban Thomas)

• "Risk-Aversion and Prudence in Rent-Seeking Games", Public Choice, vol. 145, n. 3-4, December 2010, p. 339-349. doi:10.1007/s11127-009-9569-x.

  [ Access to final version (PDF file) ]

• "The Value of a Statistical Life under Ambiguity Aversion", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 59, n. 1, January 2010, p. 15-26. doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2009.05.001.

• "Can Uncertainty Alleviate the Commons Problem?", Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 7, n. 5, September 2009, p. 1042-1067. doi:10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.5.1042.

  (with Yann Bramoullé)

  [ Final Version_Working Paper (PDF file, 320 Kb) ]

• "Star-Shaped Probability Weighting Functions and Overbidding in First-Price Auctions", Economics Letters, vol. 104, n. 2, Elsevier, August 2009, p. 83-85. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.04.016.

  (with Olivier Armantier)

  [ Access to final version (PDF file) ]

• "Regulation in Happyville", The Economic Journal, vol. 119, n. 537, April 2009, p. 665-679. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02221.x.

  (with François Salanié)

  [ Access to final version (PDF file) ]

• "Subjective Probabilities in Games: An Application to the Overbidding Puzzle", International Economic Review, vol. 50, n. 4, 2009, p. 1079-1102. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2009.00560.x.

  (with Olivier Armantier)

  [ Access to final version (PDF file) ]
• "The Effect of Health and Longevity on Financial Risk-Tolerance", The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, vol. 34, 2009, p. 117-139. doi:10.1057/grir.2009.6.

  (with James K. Hammitt and Kevin Haninger)

  [ Access to final version (PDF file) ]

• "Uncertainty, Learning and Ambiguity in Economic Models on Climate Policy: Some Classical Results and New Directions", Climatic Change, vol. 89, n. 1, July 2008, p. 7-21.

  (with Andreas Lange)

• "Statistical vs. Identified Lives in Benefit-Cost Analysis", Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol. 35, n. 1, August 2007, p. 45-66. doi:10.1007/s11166-007-9015-8.

  (with James K. Hammitt)

  [ Full text (PDF file) ]

• "Roscas as Financial Agreements to Cope with Self-Control Problems", Journal of Development Economics, vol. 82, n. 1, 2007, p. 120-137. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.09.005.

  (with Stefan Ambec)

  [ Full text (PDF file) ]

• "Learning and Climate Change", Climate Policy, vol. 6, 2006, p. 585-589.

  (with Brian O'Neill)
• "Over-Savings and Hyperbolic Discounting", European Economic Review, vol. 50, n. 6, Elsevier, 2006, p. 1557-1570.

  (with François Salanié)

  [ Full text (PDF file) ]

• "Fear of Ruin", Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol. 31, n. 3, December 2005, p. 289-300. doi:10.1007/s11166-005-5104-8.

  (with Jérôme Foncel)

  [ Preprint (PDF file, 107 Kb) ]

• "Optimal Consumption and the Timing of the Resolution of Uncertainty", European Economic Review, vol. 49, n. 3, Elsevier, April 2005, p. 761-773.

  (with Louis Eeckhoudt and Christian Gollier)

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• "Régulation et perception des risques : Populisme ou paternalisme ?", Risques - Les Cahiers de l'Assurance, n. 63, 2005, p. 135-38.

  (with François Salanié)

• "Risk Aversion, Intergenerational Equity and Climate Change", Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 28, n. 2, Springer Netherlands, June 2004, p. 195-207. doi:10.1023/B:EARE.0000029915.04325.25.

  (with Minh Ha-Duong)

• "Social Willingness to Pay, Mortality Risks and Contingent Valuation", Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol. 29, n. 1, 2004, p. 7-19.

  (with Olivier Armantier)

  [ Full text (PDF file) ]

• "Decision-Making under Scientific Uncertainty: The Economics of the Precautionary Principle", Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, vol. 27, 2003, p. 77-103.

  (with Christian Gollier)

  [ Article ©Journal (PDF file) ]

• "Scientific Progress and Irreversibility: an Economic Interpretation of the Precautionary Principle", Journal of Public Economics, vol. 75, 2000, p. 229-253.

  (with Christian Gollier and Bruno Jullien)

Contributions to books

• "The Value of a Statistical Life", in "Handbook in Transport Economics" (Edward Elgar), chapter 17: "The Value of a Statistical Life", Edward Elgar, 2011, p. 396-424. ISBN:978-1-84720-203-1.

  (with Henrik Andersson)

Articles in the Press

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

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

  [ Full text (PDF file, 22 Kb) ]

• "Les sciences humaines, réponse au défi climatique", La Tribune, September 25, 2008.

  (with Jean-Pierre Amigues)

• "Pour un grenelle durable", L'Expansion, n. 724, November 2007.

  (with François Salanié)

  [ Full text ]

• "Environnement: Cessons d'agir sous le coup des émotions", Le Monde, October 3, 2007.

  (with François Salanié)

• "Grenelle environnement: Gouverner, c'est évaluer", Vertitude Magazine, n. 28, October-December 2007.

  (with François Salanié)

Reports

• Entreprises socialement responsables: quel sens, quel avenir?, 2008.

  (with François Salanié)

Participations

Articles in the Press

• "Peut-on miser sur le bon vouloir des individus et des entreprises pour protéger l'environnement ? : interview Nicolas Treich", La Tribune, October 24, 2012.

  Participants: Nicolas Treich.

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