Cyril Chambefort is a researcher in economics and PhD student, currently pursuing a CIFRE PhD within the startup Shine, a fintech specialized in banking services for businesses. The thesis is being conducted at the GATE-LSE laboratory (Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique - UMR5824) within the University Jean Monnet (Saint-Etienne). The research topic focuses on the profitability of fintechs and other financial technology startups.
The objective is to investigate the various business models adopted by these emerging players in order to comprehend the structure of this ecosystem and its integration into the monetary and financial system. This includes examining competition between fintechs and traditional banks, and the potential horizontal integration between fintechs and traditional actors.
His research employs models of imperfect competition and leverages company data to conduct econometric studies, shedding light on the dynamics of the financial sector and the performance of these new players.
Thesis
A theoretical and empirical approach of the negotiations between health authorities and pharmaceutical firms
Supervisor
Izabela Jelovac
Ignacio Hauser is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne & the Université de Lyon, and a member of the GATE Lyon-St-Etienne since October 2021.
His research focuses on the measurement of economic inequality, addressing it from a diversity of approaches that include applied economics, philosophy and methodology of economics, and the history of economic thought.
Before starting his Ph.D., Ignacio completed both an M.Res. and an M.A. in Economics and Social Sciences at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France), a one-year fellowship for the ‘Amartya Sen Program’ granted by the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), and a B.A. (five-year diploma) in Economics at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina).
Thesis
Essays on urban spatial inequalities and Labor market trajectories
Supervisor
Florence Goffette-Nagot
Thesis
Risks and local government budget decisions
Supervisor
Sonia Paty and Frédéric Jouneau