M. Castanheira: Research & Papers

 
 

[Publications in journals]       [Other publications]       [Working papers]       [Research Projects]


My main research topic is political economy. I also work on organization theory and on transition.


  1. Bullet  Publications in Refereed Journals

Bouton, Laurent and Micael Castanheira (2012). “One Person, Many Votes: Divided Majority and Information Aggregation”, Econometrica, Vol80, No1, pp43-87
[download latest draft]


Castanheira, Micael, Benoît Crutzen and Nicolas Sahuguet. (2010). “Party Organization and Electoral Competition”, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 26(1)
[download latest draft]


Castanheira, Micael, Benoît Crutzen and Nicolas Sahuguet. (accepted subject to minor modifications). “Districts, Party Discipline, and Polarization”, Revue Economique,
[download latest draft]


Carrillo, Juan and Micael Castanheira (2008). “Information and Strategic Political Polarization”, The Economic Journal, Vol. 118, Issue 530, pp845-874 (lead article)
  [download latest draft]


Castanheira, Micael.  (2003). “Why Vote for Losers?”, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 1, Issue 5, pp1207-1238
  [download latest draft]


Castanheira, Micael.  (2003). “Public Finance and the Optimal Speed of Transition”, Economics of Transition, Vol. 11, No3, pp435-462
   [download latest draft]


Castanheira, Micael.  (2003). “Victory Margins and the Paradox of Voting”, European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 19, Issue 4, pp817-841
   [download latest draft]


Castanheira, Micael and Gérard Roland.  (2000). “The Optimal Speed of Transition: A General Equilibrium Analysis”, International Economic Review, Vol.41, No1, pp219-239



  1. Bullet  Other publications


  3.   - Castanheira, Micael (2011). Le défi des réformes structurelles, editor. Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique (Tome L, 2011, Issue 3), De Boeck Editions

  4.   - Castanheira, Micael (2011). “Dossier : le défi des réformes structurelles” in Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, Tome L, Issue 3, pp5-12.  

  5.    [download latest draft]  

  6.   - Castanheira, Micael and Vincenzo Galasso (2011). “Which reforms for a fair and sustainable pension system?”, in Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, Tome L, Issue 3, pp187-202.

  7.    [download latest draft]

  8. -Castanheira, M., Nicodème, G. and Profeta, P. (2010). “On the political economics of taxation”, in Padovano, F. and Petretto, A. (eds), Public Choice and Political Economy, Pavia: Franco Angeli, forthcoming [paperSIEP.pdf]

  9. -Bouton, Laurent and Micael Castanheira (2009). “The Condorcet-Duverger Trade-Off: swing voters and voting equilibria”, in Aragonés, E., C. Beviá, H. Llavador and N. Schofield, Eds., The Political Economy of Democracy, forthcoming. [cmduv30_05_08.pdf]

  10. -“Réformes et Mondialisation : Exploiter la Diversité” [Downloadable] (2008), in L’Union Européenne: la fin d’une crise?, edited by Paul Magnette and Anne Weyemberg, Editions de l’Université libre de Bruxelles, pp115-131.

  11. -“Les méthodes de la réforme : une approche politico-économique” [Downloadable] (2007),
    in Nos Régions d’Europe, Charleroi: CIFOP Editions, pp449-466

  12. -Co-editor of “Réalités et Illusions: réformer sans tabou” (2007) with Jean Hindriks, Special issue of Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, Brussels: De Boeck, 212 pages

  13. -“Les positions politiques des partis belges” (2007), with Abdul Noury, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, XLVI, n°1, pp15-29, Brussels: De Boeck

  14. -Co-editor of Structural Reforms without Prejudices (2006), with T. Boeri, R. Faini, and V. Galasso, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 322 pages

  15. -“How to gain political support for reforms?” (2006), joint with S. Carcillo, V. Galasso, G. Nicoletti, E. Perotti, and L. Tsyganok, in Boeri, Castanheira, Faini, and Galasso (editors), Reforms without Prejudice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp141-262

  16. -“Economie Politique de la Taxation” (2006), joint with Christian Valenduc. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique. Tome XLV, n°3. pp19-37

  17. -“Regions in Europe: Sisyphus or Phoenix?” (2004), in Magnette, P., et Remacle, E. (eds.) La Grande Europe, pp167-184 (joint with Georges Siotis)

  18. -“Political Economy of Growth: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead” (2003), in McMahon, G., and L. Squire (eds) Explaining Growth: A Global Research Project, Palgrave (joint with Hadi Esfahani). pp159-212

  19. -Workbook to accompany ‘Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy’ (2000), MIT Press (joint with Isabelle Brocas, Ronny Razin, and David Strömberg). 240 pages.

  20. -“La politique de l’union européenne en faveur des régions moins favorisées : théorie et pratique” (2000), in Magnette, P., et Remacle, E. (eds.) Le nouveau modèle européen. Les politiques internes et externes, with Georges Siotis, pp47-62.

  21. -“Le phénomène de convergence et l'effort de solidarité européen” (1994), 11è congrès des Economistes Belges de Langue Française, with Georges Siotis. 27 pages.


Articles in the Press

  1. -October 2008: Episode V: Expectations strike back, VoxEU.org (An Italian translation appeared on LaVoce.info and was published by La Repubblica on Oct. 20th, 2008)

  2. -June 2007: Réformer sans tabou, L’Echo (with Jean Hindriks)

  3. -December 2005: Plus de taxes, moins d’impôts, La Libre Belgique

  4. -October 8, 2005: Enrayer le travail des enfants, La Libre Belgique (with Charlotte Lacroix)

  5. -September 28, 2005 : Germany needs a technical caretaker government, Financial Times (with Tito Boeri)

  6. -April 9, 2005: Une valeur en béton, La Libre Belgique

  7. -February 22, 1999 : Immobili e disoccupati, Corriere della Sera

  8. -September 7, 1998 : Quanto vale un politico? Ecco un prezzo economico, Corriere della Sera



  1. Bullet  Working papers


Castanheira, Micael, Gaëtan Nicodème, and Paola Profeta (2011). “Political Incentives and Tax Reforms” (submitted) [Download file]


Castanheira, Micael, Gaëtan Nicodème, and Paola Profeta (2011). “On the political economics of tax reforms” (longer working paper version of the above file) CEPR DP 8507.


Castanheira, Micael, Gaëtan Nicodème, Paola Profeta and Viktor Trasberg (2009). “A Political Economics Approach to Tax reforms” [tax_reforms_May17b.pdf]


Castanheira, Micael and Benoît Crutzen (2009). “Comparative Politics with Endogenous Intra-Party Discipline” [CaCru29-10.pdf]


Castanheira, Micael, Benoît Crutzen and Nicolas Sahuguet (2008). “The impact of party organization on electoral outcomes” [Party organization electoral outcomes.pdf]


Castanheira, Micael and Mikko Leppämäki. (2005) “Technological Progress and Organizational Change” [info and progress.pdf]


Castanheira, Micael and Mikko Leppämäki. (2003). “Communication and Information Management: Organizations and Markets”, [CEPR DP 4072]


Castanheira, Micael and Armel Jacques. (2002). “Consumers Prefer Flexible Firms. A Note on ‘Strategic Choice of Flexible Production Technologies and Welfare Implications’ ”.
[Download note]


Castanheira, Micael and Vladimir Popov. (2002). “Political Economy of Growth in Transition Economies” Paper written for Filer, R. (ed) Growth in Transition, 76 pages. [Latest Draft]


Castanheira, Micael and Gérard Roland. (1996). “Restructuring and Capital Accumulation in Transition Economies: A General Equilibrium Perspective”, CEPR DP 1372



  1. Bullet Research Projects

  2. -Political Economy of Tax Reforms, with Gaëtan Nicodème and Paola Profeta

  3. -Voting under Imperfect Information, with Laurent Bouton

  4. -Party Discipline and Policy Outcomes, with Benoît Crutzen

  5. -Effort in advertisement, with Simon Anderson

  6. -Wag the Dog, with Enriqueta Aragonés

  7. -Economic Reforms under Different Institutional Setups, with Tito Boeri

 

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