Mathias Reynaert

Mathias Reynaert is a Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics. His fields of interest are empirical industrial organization and environmental economics. His research received recognitions such as the 2015 Paul Geroski and YEEA Prize, the 2022 Edmond Malinvaud Prize, an ERC starting grant (2023-2028), and a 2023 nomination for best young economist in France. He is a research affiliate at the CEPR, an editorial board member at the Review of Economic Studies, and an associate editor at Econometrica.

Curriculum Vitae

Google Scholar Profile, IDEAS/REPEC

Working Papers

"Equilibrium Effects in Complementary Markets: Electric Vehicle Adoption and Electricity Pricing," with Pascal Heid and Kevin Remmy, October 2024

"Estimating Choice Models with Unobserved Expectations over Attributes," with Wenxuan Xu and Hanlin Zhao, March 2025, submitted

"An Evaluation of Protected Area Policies in the European Union," with Tristan Earle Grupp, Prakash Mishra, and Arthur A. van Benthem, June 2024, revise and resubmit at Review of Economic Studies

Publications

"Colluding Against Environmental Regulation," with Jorge Alé-Chilet, Cuicui Chen, and Jing Li, 2025, accepted at Review of Economic Studies

“Abatement Strategies and the Cost of Environmental Regulation: Emission Standards on the European Car Market”, Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88(1), 454-488

"Who Benefits When Firms Game Corrective Policies?" with James Sallee, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13(1), 372-412 (working paper)

“Consumer Valuation of Fuel Costs and Tax Policy: Evidence from the European Car Market” with Laura Grigolon and Frank Verboven, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, 10(3): 193-225 (working paper)

“Improving the performance of random coefficients demand models: The role of optimal instruments” with Frank Verboven, Journal of Econometrics, 2014, 179(1), 83-98 (Replication Folder) (working paper)

Overview Articles

"The Environmental Impacts of Protected Area Policy," with Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues and Arthur A. van Benthem, Regional Science and Urban Economics Special Issue, 2024, 107, 103968

Work in Progress

Equilibrium Effects of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, with Prakash Mishra, Augusto Ospital, and Arthur A. van Benthem

Product Innovation and Diversification in the Global Automobile Market, with Cuicui Chen and Jing Li

Other writings and media:

Voiture et écologie : l’équation impossible ? Podcast Génération Économie, Cercle des économistes (In French)

Les Etats membres de l’Union européenne protègent des terres en réalité peu menacées par le développement économique Le Monde (In French)

An evaluation of protected area policies in the EU, VOX EU Column (with Prakash Mishra and Arthur van Benthem)

Colluding against Environmental Regulation, CEEPR Research brief (with Jorge Alé-Chilet, Cuicui Chen, and Jing Li)

L’amende européenne aux constructeurs automobiles constitue une “décision courageuse et juste”, Le Monde (In French)

The welfare impact of emission standards on the EU automobile market, Vox EU Column

Abatement Strategies and the Cost of Environmental Regulation, CEEPR Policy Brief

Who benefits when firms game corrective policies?, CATO Research Brief No. 176 (with Jim Sallee)

Can Fuel Economy Standards Save the Climate?, Free Exchange blog, The Economist (with Arthur van Benthem)

Climat: la taxe sur les carburants plus efficace que les normes, Le Monde (in French) (with Arthur van Benthem)

Fuel taxes versus car taxes to reduce fuel consumption, Vox EU Column (with Laura Grigolon and Frank Verboven)

Hoe CO2 emissies terugdringen: belasting op de wagen of op de brandstof? LES(S) (in dutch) (with Laura Grigolon and Frank Verboven)