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 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 focuses also on the game-changing impact of crypto-currencies, blockchain and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) on economic and societal structure. By analyzing the complex workings of blockchain technology, smart contracts and DAO functionalities, he work on the mechanisms underlying the establishment and maintenance of trust between network participants. Furthermore, his exploration of DAOs highlights how decentralized decision-making and management frameworks can revolutionize traditional governance of organizational models.
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:
Influence of Leadership in changing social norms
Supervisors:
Marie Claire Villeval & Fabio Galeotti
Thesis
Essays on urban spatial inequalities and Labor market trajectories
Thesis:
Natural Hazards and Local Public Policies Webpage
Supervisors: Job Market Paper
Sonia Paty and Frédéric Jouneau