Vincent Boitier

Contact

Department of Economics, Le Mans University

47B Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72000 Le Mans, France

vincent.boitier@univ-lemans.fr

Current Position

2017- Assistant professor, Le Mans University

Past Position

2016-2017 Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, Valenciennes University

2011-2016 Teaching Assistant, University Paris 1

Education

2017 Postdoctoral fellow, Valenciennes University

2015 Ph.D. in Economics, Paris School of Economics-University Paris 1

2011 Magistère d'Economie, University Paris 1

2011 M.Sc. in Economics, Paris School of Economics

2010 M.A. in Econometrics, University Paris 1

2009 B.A. in Economics, University Paris 1

Publications

 Monopolistic competition under frictional entries, Oxford Economic Papers

Perfect competition and fixed costs: The role of the ownership structure, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Ownership structure and profit maximaztion in general equilibrium models of monopolistic competition, Economics and Business Letters

Why do similar firms export differently?, Research in Economics

Schelling paradox in a system of cities, with E. Auvray (DARES), Mathematical Social Science

Growth and ideas in a perfectly competitive world: A complement, Economics and Business Letters

Growth and ideas in a perfectly competitive world, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

The role of labor market structure in urban sprawl, Regional Science and Urban Economics

Reduced form wage equations in the credible bargaining model, with A. Lepetit (Federal Reserve Bank), Labor Economics

The unemployment volatility puzzle: A note on the role of reference points, Theoretical Economics Letters

Working Papers

Private ownership in monopolistic competition models, submitted

Monopolistic competition, free entry and occupations in the city, with A. Vatan (Nanterre University), new version coming soon, this is a follow up of Private ownership in monopolistic competition models

Monopolistic competition with infinite product variety networks, submitted

Ownership structure and fiscal externalities in a system of cities, submitted

The Zipf's law as the unique spatial equilibrium in systems of cities, submitted

Free entry and zero profits in general equilibrium, new version coming soon

Work in Progress

Rationalizing the Zero-profit condition: The solution of self-employment,  with A. Payen de La Garanderie

Toward a general theory of frictional entries

Amplification versus mitigation under frictional entries

Schelling paradox in the city