2026 Pierre Pestieau: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	63	714	644	4	4	720	12653

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

374
Citations
The Political Economy of Social Security

Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau

295
Citations
The Welfare State in the European Union: Economic and Social Perspectives

Pierre Pestieau

288
Citations
Direct Versus Indirect Taxation : The Design of the Tax Structure Revisited

Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau;Jean-Charles Rochet

284
Citations
Education and the poverty trap

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

260
Citations
Productive performance of the French insurance industry

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

254
Citations
Towards a Theory of the Direct Indirect Tax Mix

Robin Boadway;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau

239
Citations
Social security, retirement age and optimal income taxation

Helmuth Cremer;Jean-Marie Lozachmeur;Pierre Pestieau

199
Citations
Political sustainability and the design of social insurance

Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Cremer;Â Pierre Pestieau

199
Citations
Optimal Redistribution with Heterogeneous Preferences for Leisure

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

188
Citations
Tax-transfer Policies and the Voluntary Provision of Public-goods

Robin Boadway;Pierre Pestieau;David Wildasin

186
Citations
Decomposing efficiency into its managerial and its regulatory components: The case of European railways

Henry-Jean Gathon;Pierre Pestieau

180
Citations
Bequests Motives and Models of Inheritance: A Survey of the Literature

André Masson;Pierre Pestieau

177
Citations
Efficiency and competition in OECD financial services

Fabienne Fecher;Pierre Pestieau

174
Citations
Reforming our pension system: is it a demographic, financial or political problem?

Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau

164
Citations
Assessing and Explaining the Performance of Public Enterprises: Some Recent Evidence from the Productive Efficiency Viewpoint

Pierre Pestieau;Henry Tulkens

154
Citations
Optimal taxation and discount rate for public investment in a growth setting

P.M. Pestieau

145
Citations
The double dividend of postponing retirement

Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau

144
Citations
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

142
Citations
Tax Competition and Revelation of Preferences for Public Expenditure

S Bucovetsky;Maurice Marchand;Pierre Pestieau;Pierre Pestieau

139
Citations
Capital income taxation when inherited wealth is not observable

Helmuth Cremer;Pierre Pestieau;Jean-Charles Rochet

124
Citations
The Political Economy of Social Security

Georges Casamatta;Helmuth Gremer;Pierre Pestieau

72
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmuth Cremer Toulouse School of Economics

Robin Boadway Queen's University

Victor Ginsburgh Université Libre de Bruxelles

Marie Claire Villeval Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Arno Riedl Maastricht University

Louis Eeckhoudt IESEG School of Management

Erik Schokkaert KU Leuven

Jacques-François Thisse Université Catholique de Louvain

Henry Tulkens Université Catholique de Louvain

Frédéric Docquier Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

External Links

Wikipedia of Pierre Pestieau Personal website of Pierre Pestieau Google Scholar page

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