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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 85 Citations 52,891 304 World Ranking 134 National Ranking 104

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Awards & Achievements

1993 - Yrjö Jahnsson Award

Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Microeconomics
  • Statistics

His primary scientific interests are in Microeconomics, Incentive, Public economics, Competition and Industrial organization. His Microeconomics research includes themes of Pooling, Risk aversion and Principal. The Incentive study combines topics in areas such as Natural monopoly, Information economics, Procurement, Contract theory and Law and economics.

As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Law and economics, concentrating on Quality and frequently concerns with Moral hazard. His Public economics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social Welfare, Principal–agent problem and Investment. His studies deal with areas such as Discretion and Separation of powers as well as Competition.

His most cited work include:

  • A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (3250 citations)
  • The Theory of Incentives: The Principal-Agent Model (2022 citations)
  • A General Equilibrium Entrepreneurial Theory of Firm Formation Based on Risk Aversion (1369 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Microeconomics, Incentive, Industrial organization, Competition and Public economics. Many of his studies on Microeconomics involve topics that are commonly interrelated, such as Risk aversion. His research in Incentive intersects with topics in Power, Decentralization, Investment and Principal.

Jean-Jacques Laffont has included themes like Natural monopoly, Private sector and Universal service in his Industrial organization study. His Competition research includes elements of Price discrimination, Discretion and Monopoly. Jean-Jacques Laffont regularly ties together related areas like Government in his Public economics studies.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Microeconomics (42.27%)
  • Incentive (29.28%)
  • Industrial organization (16.85%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2000-2020)?

  • Microeconomics (42.27%)
  • Incentive (29.28%)
  • Industrial organization (16.85%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Jean-Jacques Laffont mainly focuses on Microeconomics, Incentive, Industrial organization, Public economics and Information asymmetry. His Microeconomics research incorporates elements of Enforcement and Decentralization. Jean-Jacques Laffont combines subjects such as Competition, Universal service and Subsidy with his study of Incentive.

The various areas that Jean-Jacques Laffont examines in his Industrial organization study include Natural monopoly, Social Welfare, Constraint, Market power and Private sector. His research on Public economics frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Law and economics. The study incorporates disciplines such as Developing country and Public good in addition to Information asymmetry.

Between 2000 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • The Theory of Incentives: The Principal-Agent Model (2022 citations)
  • The Theory of Incentives (435 citations)
  • Regulation and Development (228 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Microeconomics
  • Statistics

Jean-Jacques Laffont mostly deals with Microeconomics, Enforcement, Industrial organization, Public economics and Incentive. His Microeconomics study frequently draws connections to other fields, such as Decentralization. His Enforcement research also works with subjects such as

  • Positive political theory that connect with fields like Access pricing, Universal service obligations, Information economics, Development studies and Underdevelopment,
  • Rationality together with Incentive theory and Management science.

His Industrial organization study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Natural monopoly, Competition, Market power and Universal service. Jean-Jacques Laffont has researched Public economics in several fields, including Government, Corruption and Law and economics. His work on Adverse selection expands to the thematically related Incentive.

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Best Publications

A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation

Jean Tirole;Jean-Jacques Laffont.
(1993)

7082 Citations

The Theory of Incentives

Jean-Jacques Laffont;David Martimort.
(2001)

5495 Citations

The Theory of Incentives: The Principal-Agent Model

Jean-Jacques Laffont;David Martimort.
(2001)

5270 Citations

A General Equilibrium Entrepreneurial Theory of Firm Formation Based on Risk Aversion

Richard E. Kihlstrom;Jean-Jacques Laffont.
Journal of Political Economy (1979)

2362 Citations

Using Cost Observation to Regulate Firms

Jean-Jacques Laffont;Jean Tirole.
Journal of Political Economy (1986)

2040 Citations

Competition in Telecommunications

Jean-Jacques Laffont;Jean Tirole.
Research Papers in Economics (2001)

1875 Citations

The Politics of Government Decision-Making: A Theory of Regulatory Capture

Jean-Jacques Laffont;Jean Tirole.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (1991)

1443 Citations

Competition in telecommunications

Jean Tirole;Jean-Jacques Laffont.
(1999)

1311 Citations

Characterization of Satisfactory Mechanisms for the Revelation of Preferences for Public Goods

Jerry R. Green;Jean-Jacques Laffont.
Econometrica (1977)

1068 Citations

Network Competition: I. Overview and Nondiscriminatory Pricing

Jean Jacques Laffont;Patrick Rey;Patrick Rey;Jean Tirole.
The RAND Journal of Economics (1998)

1015 Citations

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