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Pierre Pestieau

Pierre Pestieau

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Economics and Finance
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
63
Citations
12653
World Ranking
714
National Ranking
4

Pierre Pestieau publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Pestieau sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 720 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Pierre Pestieau D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre Pestieau sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Pierre Pestieau is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. Their research primarily spans social sciences with a focus on various subfields including General Health Professions, Accounting, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Demography.

The scientist's recent papers provide insight into areas such as social security, populism, long-term care, and health economics. Notable recent publications include:

  • Investment in children, social security, and intragenerational risk sharing (2021), published in International Tax and Public Finance
  • Populism and social polarization in European democracies (2021), published in Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège)
  • Fair long-term care insurance (2021), published in Social Choice and Welfare
  • Nursing homes and mortality in Europe: Uncertain causality (2022), published in Health Economics
  • The economics of long-term care. An overview (2022), published in Journal of Economic Surveys

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pestieau include Grégory Ponthière, Marie-Louise Leroux, Sergio Perelman, Yu Pang, and Mathieu Lefèbvre. These collaborations suggest a network focused on social and economic issues related to public policy and health.

Common venues for publishing their research are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Public Economic Theory
  • Social Choice and Welfare
  • Health Economics
  • International Tax and Public Finance

Pestieau has contributed a book published by Cambridge University Press titled The Economics of Social Protection (2023), which is cited in academic contexts.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass:

  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality

This research profile highlights an interdisciplinary approach centered on economic policies, social protection mechanisms, and healthcare systems, reflecting a broad engagement with technical and social dimensions of contemporary issues. The combination of frequent publications, diverse co-authorships, and engagement with numerous academic fields positions Pierre Pestieau as an active contributor to ongoing debates in social sciences and public economics.

Best Publications

  • The Performance of public enterprises : concepts and measurement

    Maurice G. Marchand;Pierre Pestieau;Henry Tulkens

  • The Political Economy of Social Security

    Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau

  • The Welfare State in the European Union: Economic and Social Perspectives

    Pierre Pestieau

  • Direct Versus Indirect Taxation : The Design of the Tax Structure Revisited

    Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau;Jean-Charles Rochet

  • Education and the poverty trap

    Vicky Barham;Robin Boadway;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau;Pierre Pestieau

  • Productive performance of the French insurance industry

    Fabienne Fecher-Bourgeois;D. Kessler;Sergio Perelman;Pierre Pestieau

  • Towards a Theory of the Direct Indirect Tax Mix

    Robin Boadway;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau

  • Social security, retirement age and optimal income taxation

    Helmuth Cremer;Jean-Marie Lozachmeur;Pierre Pestieau

  • Political sustainability and the design of social insurance

    Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Cremer;Â Pierre Pestieau

  • Optimal Redistribution with Heterogeneous Preferences for Leisure

    Robin Boadway;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau;Maria Del Mar Racionero

  • Tax-transfer Policies and the Voluntary Provision of Public-goods

    Robin Boadway;Pierre Pestieau;David Wildasin

  • Decomposing efficiency into its managerial and its regulatory components: The case of European railways

    Henry-Jean Gathon;Pierre Pestieau

  • Bequests Motives and Models of Inheritance: A Survey of the Literature

    André Masson;Pierre Pestieau

  • Efficiency and competition in OECD financial services

    Fabienne Fecher;Pierre Pestieau

  • Reforming our pension system: is it a demographic, financial or political problem?

    Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau

  • Assessing and Explaining the Performance of Public Enterprises: Some Recent Evidence from the Productive Efficiency Viewpoint

    Pierre Pestieau;Henry Tulkens

  • Optimal taxation and discount rate for public investment in a growth setting

    P.M. Pestieau

  • The double dividend of postponing retirement

    Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau

  • Tax evasion and social information: an experiment in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands

    Mathieu Lefebvre;Pierre Pestieau;Arno Riedl;Marie Claire Villeval;Marie Claire Villeval;Marie Claire Villeval

  • Tax Competition and Revelation of Preferences for Public Expenditure

    S Bucovetsky;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau;Pierre Pestieau

  • Capital income taxation when inherited wealth is not observable

    Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau;Jean-Charles Rochet

  • The Political Economy of Social Security

    Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Gremer;Pierre Pestieau

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmuth Cremer
Helmuth Cremer Toulouse School of Economics
Robin Boadway
Robin Boadway Queen's University
Victor Ginsburgh
Victor Ginsburgh Université Libre de Bruxelles
Philippe Michel
Philippe Michel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marie Claire Villeval
Marie Claire Villeval Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Arno Riedl
Arno Riedl Maastricht University
Louis Eeckhoudt
Louis Eeckhoudt IESEG School of Management
Jacques-François Thisse
Jacques-François Thisse Université Catholique de Louvain
Henry Tulkens
Henry Tulkens Université Catholique de Louvain

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