Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique - UMR5824

CV



  Research Professor, CNRS (DRCE2)
Chevalier de l’Ordre national du mérite (2012)
Chevalier de le Légion d’honneur (2017)
Silver Medal of CNRS (2017)
Laureate of the Revue Economique Prize (2018)


 IZA Research Fellow, Bonn (Germany)
 Fellow of the European Association of Labour Economists
 Department of Public Finance, University of Innsbruck, Invited Professor of Behavioral Economics


 Member of the Academia Europaea
 Member of the CORTEX Laboratory of Excellence (Construction, Cognitive Function, Rehabilitation and Repair of the Cortex)
 Member of the Comité d’Orientation Stratégique of Université de Lyon and Fondation Pour l’Université de Lyon


 Former Vice-President Europe and Officer of the Economic Science Association (ESA)
 Former President of the French Economic Association (AFSE)
 Founding President of the French Association of Experimental Economics (ASFEE)
 Member of the executive committee of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), and former Treasurer and chair of the nomination committee
 Co-Editor in chief of Experimental Economics; Former member of the board of Management Science, Journal of the Economic Science Association, Journal of Neurosciences, Psychology and Economics; former co-editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; former member of the board of Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Psychology, Australian Journal of Labour Economics.
 Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Max Plank Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance in Munich, and the Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut.
 Member of the Commission on Minimum Wage
 Chaire Sécurisation des Parcours professionnels, Associate
 PhD in economics from the University Paris X Nanterre

 Contact : villeval@gate.cnrs.fr

Fields of interest:

• Experimental Economics
  
• Behavioral Economics
  
• Public Economics and dishonesty
  
• Personnel Economics
  
• Neuroeconomics
  

Work in progress:

• Motivated beliefs, with G. Charness and Charlotte Saucet
• Lying behavior and loss aversion, with Ellen Garbarino and Robert Slonim
• Lying behavior and self-deception, with J. van de Ven, A. Suvorov, S.Shalvi
• Cheating in the field and in the lab, with F. Galeotti, Z. Dai, V. Maggian
• Embezzlement and corruption, with S. di Falco, B. Magdalou, D. Masclet, M. Willinger, S.Jiang, C. Rimbaud, G. Attanasi
• Peer effects at work, with J. Beugnot, B. Fortin, G. Lacroix
• Preferences for teamwork and entrepreneurship, with D. Cooper and K. Saral
• Reputation in markets, with C. Tergiman
• Political inequality and inter-group conflicts, with C. Eckel, E. Fatas and L. Restrepo-Plaza
• Self-image and donations : a neuro-economic approach, with L. Butera, J.C. Dreher, E. Metereau

Recent book :

• Villeval, M.C. (2016). L’économie comportementale du travail. Paris: Sciences Po Les Presses, collection Sécuriser l’Emploi.

Selected recent publications :

• Garbarino, E., Slonim, R., Villeval, M.C. A Method to Estimate Mean Lying Rates and Their Full Distribution. Forthcoming in Journal of the Economic Science Association. DOI 10.1007/s40881-018-0055-4

• Solda, A., Villeval, M.C. Exclusion and Reintegration in a Social Dilemma. Forthcoming in Economic Inquiry.

• Bjedov, T., Lapointe, S., Madies, T., Villeval, M.C. (2018) Does decentralization of decisions increase the stability of large groups? Forthcoming in Social Choice and Welfare

• Dai, Z., Galeotti, F., Villeval, M.C. (2018) Cheating in the lab predicts fraud in the field. An experiment in public transportations. Management Science 64 (3), 1081-1100

• Gangadharan, L., Nikiforakis, N., Villeval, M.C. (2017). Normative conflict and the limits of self-governance in heterogeneous populations. European Economic Review, 100, pp. 143-156

• Eriksson, T., Mao, L., Villeval, M.C. (2017). Saving face and group identity. Experimental Economics, 20, 3, pp. 622–647

• Kuhn, M.A., Kuhn, P., M.C. Villeval. (2017). Decision-Environment Effects on Intertemporal Financial Choices: How Relevant are Resource-Depletion Models? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 137, 72-89.

• He, Haoran, Villeval, M.C. (2017). Are group members less inequality averse than individual decision makers? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 138, 111-124.

• Charness, G., Villeval, M.C. (2017). Preserving hierarchy as a social norm. News and Views. Nature Human Behavior. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0137

• Dai, Z., Galeotti, F., Villeval, M.C. (2017). The efficiency of crackdowns. An experiment in public transportations. Theory and Decision. 82(2), 249-271

• Hao, L., Houser, D., Mao, L., Villeval, M.C. (2016). Migrations, risks, and uncertainty: A field experiment in China, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 131, part A, pp. 126-140

• Villeval, M.C. (2016). Can lab experiments help design personnel policies? IZA World of Labour. http://wol.iza.org/articles/can-lab-experiments-help-design-personnel-policies

• Rosaz, J., Slonim, R., Villeval, M. C. (2016). Quitting and Peer Effects at Work, Labour Economics 39, 55-67

• Bjedov, T., Madies, T., Villeval, M.C. (2016). Coordination and Conflict in a Two-Stage Game. Economic Inquiry 54(3), July, 1519–1540.

• Maggian, V., Villeval, M.C. (2016). Social preferences and lying aversion in children. Experimental Economics 19(3), 663-685.

• Levy-Garboua, L., Montmarquette, C., Vaksmann, J., Villeval, M.C. Voluntary Contributions to a Mutual Insurance Pool. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 19(1),198-218.

• Nguyen, Q., Villeval, M.C., Xu, H. (2015). Trust under the Prospect Theory and Quasi-Hyperbolic Preferences: A Field Experiment in Vietnam. Journal of Economic Development and Cultural Change, 64(3), April, 545-572. halshs-0118275

• Dickinson, D., Masclet, D., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Norm enforcement in social dilemmas: An experiment with police commissionners. Journal of Public Economics, 126, pp. 74–85 doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.03.012 halshs-01137702

• Dai, Z., Hogarth, R.M., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Ambiguity on Audits and Cooperation in a Public Goods Game. European Economic Review, 74, pp. 146-162 doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.11.009 halshs-01089700

• Irlenbusch, B., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Behavioral ethics: how psychology influenced economics and how economics might inform psychology? Current Opinion in Psychology 6, 87–92. halshs-01159696

• Van de Ven, J., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Dishonesty under scrutiny. Journal of the Economic Science Association 1, 86-99. halshs-01137676

• Kuhn, P., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Are women more attracted by cooperative work environments? Economic Journal 125(582), 115-140. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12122. halshs-00911560

• Lefebvre, M., Pestieau, P., Riedl, A., Villeval, M.C. (2015). Tax Evasion and Social Information: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. International Tax and Public Finance 22, 401-425. doi:10.1007/s10797-014-9318-z. halshs-01155326

• Villeval M.C. (2014). Professional identity can increase dishonesty, Nature, News and Views, 516 (7529). halshs-01089693

• Rustichini, A., Villeval, M.C. (2014). Moral hypocrisy, power and social preferences. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 107, 10-24. halshs-01080999

• Charness, G., Masclet, D., Villeval M.C. (2014). The dark side of competition for status. Management Science, 60(1), 38–55. doi:10.1287/mnsc.2013.1747. halshs-00799499

• Robin, S., Rusinowska, A., Villeval, M.C. (2014). Ingratiation: Experimental Evidence. European Economic Review, 66, 16-38. halshs-00911556

• Joffily, M., Masclet, D., Noussair, C., Villeval M.C. (2014). Emotions, sanctions and cooperation. Southern Economic Review, 80(4), 1002–1027. doi:10.4284/0038-4038-2012.067. halshs-00862782

• Hogarth, R.M., Villeval M.C. (2014). Ambiguous Incentives and the Persistence of Effort: Experimental Evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 100, 1-19. halshs-01098750

• Coricelli, G., Rusconi, E., Villeval, M.C. (2014). Tax Evasion and emotions in repeated interactions: An empirical test of re-integrative shaming theory. Journal of Economic Psychology, 40, 49-61. halshs-00781057

• Lefebvre, M., Pestieau, P., Riedl, A., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Les attitudes sont-elles différentes face à la Fraude fiscale et à la fraude sociale ? Economie et Prévision, 202-203/1-2, 147-165. halshs-00724736

• Madies, T., Villeval, M.C., Wasmer M. (2013). Intergenerational Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank. European Economic Review, 61, 153-168. halshs-00807436

• Masclet, D., Noussair, C., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Threats and punishment in public goods experiments. Economic Inquiry, 51(2), 1421–1441.halshs-00753478

• Datta Gupta, N., Poulsen, A., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Gender Matching and Competitiveness. Experimental Evidence. Economic Inquiry 51(1), 816–835. halshs-00661770

• Arbak, E., Villeval, M.C. (2013). Voluntary Leadership: Selection and Influence. Social Choice and Welfare, 40(3), 635-662. Lead article. halshs-00664830

• Rosaz, J., Villeval, M.C. (2012). Lies and Biased Evaluation: A Real-Effort Experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 84(2), 537-549. halshs-00617120

• Eriksson, T., Villeval, M.C. (2012). Respect and relational contracts. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 81, 286– 298. halshs-00642527

• Dickinson, D., Villeval, M.C. (2012). Job allocation rules and sorting efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment. Southern Economic Journal, 78(3), 842-859. halshs-00664665

• Villeval, M.C. (2012). Ready, Steady, Compete. Commentary. Science, 335, 3 February, 544-545. halshs-00665521

• Villeval, M.C. (2012). Contribution au bien public et préférences sociales. Conférence présidentielle, 60ème Congrès de l’Association Française de Science Economique (AFSE). Revue Economique, 63 (3), 389-420. halshs-00681348

• Cabrales, A., Charness, G., Villeval, M.C. (2011). Hidden Information, Bargaining Power and Efficiency: An Experiment. Experimental Economics, 14(2), 133-159. halshs-00614472

• Charness, G., Kuhn, P., Villeval, M.C. (2011). Competition and the ratchet effect: Experimental Evidence. Journal of Labor Economics, 29(3), 513-547. halshs-00333590

• Lefebvre, M., Vieider, F., Villeval, M.C. (2011). The Ratio Bias Phenomenon: Fact or Artifact? Theory and Decision, 71 (4), 615-641. halshs-00435956

• Plott, C., Rulliere, J.L., Villeval, M.C.. (2011). Introduction to the special issue on Behavioral and Experimental Public Economics. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13 (5), 631-637. halshs-00661261 .
• Clark, A., Masclet, D., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Effort and Comparison Income: Experimental and Survey Evidence. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 63(3), 407-426. halshs-00459777

• Coricelli, G., Joffily, M., Montmarquette, C., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Cheating, emotions, and rationality: an experiment on tax evasion. Experimental Economics, 13, 226-247. doi:10.1007/s10683-010-9237-5. halshs-00462067

• Koenigstein, M., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Efficiency and behavioral considerations in labor negotiations. Journal of Economic Psychology, 31, 599-611. halshs-00550466

• Lefebvre, M., Vieider, F., Villeval, M.C. (2010). Incentive Effects on Risk Attitude in Small Probability Prospects. Economics Letters, 109, 115-120. halshs-00550469

• G. Charness, M.C. Villeval. (2009). Cooperation and Competition in Intergenerational Experiments in the Field and in the Laboratory. American Economic Review, 99(3), 956-978. halshs-00371984

• T. Eriksson, A. Poulsen, M.C. Villeval. (2009). Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence. Labour Economics, 16, 679−688. halshs-00451557

• T. Eriksson, S. Teyssier, M .C. Villeval. (2009). Self-Selection and the Efficiency of Tournaments. Economic Inquiry, 47(3), 530-548. halshs-00451600

• D. Dickinson, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Does Monitoring Decrease Work Effort? The Complementarity between Agency and Crowding-Out Theories. Games and Economic Behavior, 63 (1), 56-76. halshs-00276284

• T. Eriksson, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Performance Pay, Sorting and Social Motivation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 68(2), 412−421. hal-00630791

• D. Masclet, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Punishment, Inequality and Welfare: A Public Good Experiment. Social Choice and Welfare, 31(3), 475-502. doi:10.1007/s00355-007-0291-7. halshs-00196567

• C. Montmarquette, L. Lévy-Garboua, M.C. Villeval. (2008). Responsabilité individuelle et fiscalité. Economie et Prévision, 182 (1), 19−31. halshs-00276094

• B. Fortin, G. Lacroix et M.C. Villeval. (2007). Tax Evasion and Social Interactions. Journal of Public Economics. 91, 2089–2112. Lead article. halshs-00238448

• M.C. Villeval. (2007). Experimental Economics: Contributions, Recent Developments, and New Challenges. French Politics, Palgrave, 5, 178-186. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fp.8200119. halshs-00175179

• A. Clark, D. Masclet, M.C. Villeval. (2006). Effort, revenu et rang. Une étude expérimentale. Revue Economique, 57(3), 635-644. halshs-00104905

• M.C. Villeval. (2005). Nouvelles conditions de travail : satisfaction ou résignation? Revue Economique, 56, 2, 237-244. halshs-00157177

• P. Malgrange, J.L. Rullière, M.C. Villeval. (2004). L’économie des Ressources Humaines – Pouvoir et Limites des Incitations, Economie et Prévision, 164-165 (3-4), 1-15. halshs-00175242

• C. Montmarquette, J.L. Rullière, M.C. Villeval, R. Zeiliger. (2004). Redesigning Teams and Incentives in a Merger: An Experiment with Managers and Students, Management Science, 50(10), 1379-1389. halshs-00161723

• F. Tournadre, M.C. Villeval. (2004). Learning from Strikes, Labour Economics, 11, 243-264. halshs-01182330

• C. Keser, J.L. Rullière, M.C. Villeval. (2004). Le paradoxe de l’adhésion syndicale: une approche en termes de biens publics, Economie et Prévision, 164-165 (3-4), 81-92. halshs-00175203

• D. Masclet, C. Noussair, S. Tucker, M.C. Villeval. (2003). Monetary and Non-Monetary Punishment in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism, American Economic Review, 93 (1), 366-380. halshs-00175251

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