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Economics and Finance
Belgium
2023

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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 55 Citations 10,253 687 World Ranking 672 National Ranking 3

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Microeconomics
  • Finance

His primary areas of investigation include Public economics, Labour economics, Microeconomics, Overlapping generations model and Double taxation. His study in Public economics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Conventional wisdom, Redistribution, Public policy and Public good. His Labour economics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Payroll tax, Social insurance, Market liquidity, Educational attainment and Distortion.

His work deals with themes such as Neutrality, Social Welfare, Public finance and Welfare, which intersect with Microeconomics. His Overlapping generations model study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Pension, Endogenous growth theory, Social security, Poverty trap and Externality. The concepts of his Double taxation study are interwoven with issues in Income tax and International taxation, Tax reform, Indirect tax, State income tax.

His most cited work include:

  • The Performance of public enterprises : concepts and measurement (233 citations)
  • The Political Economy of Social Security (164 citations)
  • Productive performance of the French insurance industry (159 citations)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Labour economics, Public economics, Microeconomics, Social security and Pension. His biological study focuses on Overlapping generations model. His Public economics research focuses on Social insurance and how it relates to Actuarial science, Long-term care and Key person insurance.

The Microeconomics study which covers Redistribution that intersects with Earnings. His Social security study which covers Demographic economics that intersects with Fertility. The Pension study combines topics in areas such as Consumption and Payroll.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Labour economics (27.74%)
  • Public economics (26.33%)
  • Microeconomics (23.61%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Overlapping generations model (17.59%)
  • Public economics (26.33%)
  • Labour economics (27.74%)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Overlapping generations model, Public economics, Labour economics, Long-term care and Demographic economics. Pierre Pestieau studies Public economics, focusing on Income tax in particular. His studies in Labour economics integrate themes in fields like Subsidy, Retirement age, Welfare and Human capital.

His research investigates the connection with Long-term care and areas like Actuarial science which intersect with concerns in Public finance. Pierre Pestieau usually deals with Demographic economics and limits it to topics linked to Social security and Longevity. Redistribution is closely connected to Pension in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Income distribution.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Tax evasion and social information: an experiment in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands (41 citations)
  • Caring for dependent parents: Altruism, exchange or family norm? (22 citations)
  • Caring for dependent parents: Altruism, exchange or family norm? (22 citations)

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

  • Law
  • Microeconomics
  • Finance

Pierre Pestieau spends much of his time researching Public economics, Long-term care, Overlapping generations model, Labour economics and Actuarial science. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Government, Public finance and Social protection. Pierre Pestieau has included themes like Social insurance, Altruism, Social optimum, Norm and Opportunity cost in his Long-term care study.

Overlapping generations model is the subject of his research, which falls under Microeconomics. He has researched Microeconomics in several fields, including Deferred tax, Tax deduction, Gross income, State income tax and International taxation. His Labour economics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Fertility, Subsidy, National wealth and Welfare.

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Best Publications

The Performance of public enterprises : concepts and measurement

Maurice G. Marchand;Pierre Pestieau;Henry Tulkens.
(1984)

354 Citations

The Political Economy of Social Security

Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau.
Research Papers in Economics (2000)

292 Citations

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

Pierre Pestieau.
(2006)

288 Citations

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

Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau;Jean-Charles Rochet.
International Economic Review (2001)

264 Citations

Productive performance of the French insurance industry

Fabienne Fecher-Bourgeois;D. Kessler;Sergio Perelman;Pierre Pestieau.
Journal of Productivity Analysis (1993)

244 Citations

Education and the poverty trap

Vicky Barham;Robin Boadway;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau;Pierre Pestieau.
European Economic Review (1995)

242 Citations

Towards a Theory of the Direct Indirect Tax Mix

Robin Boadway;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau.
Journal of Public Economics (1994)

223 Citations

Political sustainability and the design of social insurance

Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Cremer;Â Pierre Pestieau.
Research Papers in Economics (2000)

195 Citations

Social security, retirement age and optimal income taxation

Helmuth Cremer;Jean-Marie Lozachmeur;Pierre Pestieau.
Journal of Public Economics (2004)

190 Citations

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

Robin Boadway;Pierre Pestieau;David Wildasin.
Journal of Public Economics (1989)

184 Citations

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