Clemence TRICAUD

Publications

“Expressive Voting and its Cost: Evidence from Runoffs with Two or Three Candidates” (with Vincent Pons), Econometrica 86, no. 5 (September 2018). 

“Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates” (with Riako Granzier and Vincent Pons), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 15, no. 4 (October 2023).

"Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Intermunicipal Cooperation”, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 17, no. 1 (January 2025).
2021 CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Award; 2021 Wicksell Prize, European Public Choice Society

“Spending Limits, Public Funding, and Election Outcomes” (with Nikolaj Broberg and Vincent Pons), Journal of the European Economic Association (February 2026, Lead article).
Column: VoxEU

Working papers

“Gender and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from COVID-19 Response” (with Juan Pablo Chauvin), NBER Working Paper no. 32410, April 2026, revise and resubmit at The Review of Economics and Statistics.
Podcast: How the World Works

“Electoral Margins and Political Competition” (with Romain Wacziarg), NBER Working Paper no. 34566, December 2025.

“Do Public Goods Actually Reduce Inequality?” (with Micael Castanheira and Giovanni Paolo Mariani),
July 2025.

"Do Female Leaders Reduce Corruption? New Evidence from Brazil" (with Julieta Peveri), February 2026

"Left Behind: The Local Effects of Deindustrialization in France" (with Brice Berland and Marco Tabellini), January 2026
Coverage: L'Opinion, Ouest France, Le Télégramme, Le Courrier des Maires  

Policy reports

"Laissés-pour-compte : les effets locaux de la désindustrialisation en France" (with Brice Berland and Marco Tabellini), IPP Policy Brief, Nº123, Institut des Politiques Publiques, February 2026.

"Better Alone? Evidence on the Costs of Intermunicipal Cooperation", IPP Policy Brief, Nº66, Institut des Politiques Publiques, May 2021. (French version).
 
"Expressive Voting and Its Costs" (with Vincent Pons and Vestal McIntyre), IPP Policy Brief, Nº40, Institut des Politiques Publiques, May 2019. (French version).