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Raphaël LEVY

Associate Professor

Economics and Decision Sciences

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Biography

Raphaël Levy graduated from HEC Paris in 2004 and obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Toulouse School of Economics in 2009. He was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence), and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim. He was also visiting professor at HEC Paris (2013), where he taught a course in Industrial Organization in the Major in Managerial and Financial Economics. His research is in information economics, with applications to industrial organization, corporate finance, political economy and behavioural economics. His most recent research papers were published in Management Science, The Journal of the European Economic Association, and Journal of Labor Economics.

 

Scientific articles

Information disclosure in preemption races: Blessing or (winner's) curse

RAND Journal of Economics, Forthcoming, (in coll. with C. BOBTCHEFF, T. MARIOTTI)

Stationary social learning in a changing environment

Econometrica, November 2024, vol. 92, n° 6, pp 1939-1966, (in coll. with M. PESKI, N. VIEILLE)

Academic publishing and open access: what does economics teach us?

Annals of Economics and Statistics, June 2023, vol. 150, pp 1-24, (in coll. with C. BOBTCHEFF, B. CAILLAUD)

Motivating employees through career paths

Journal of Labor Economics, January 2022, vol. 40, n° 1, pp 95-131, (in coll. with H. BAR-ISAAC)

Horizontal reputation and strategic audience management

Journal of the European Economic Association, June 2020, vol. 18, n° 3, pp 1444-1483, (in coll. with M. BOUVARD)

Two-sided reputation in certification markets

Management Science, October 2018, vol. 64, n° 10, pp 4755-4774, (in coll. with M. BOUVARD)

More haste less speed? Signaling through investment timing

The American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, aout 2017, vol. 9, n° 3, pp 148-186, (in coll. with C. BOBTCHEFF)

Soothing politics

Journal of Public Economics, february, 3 2014, vol. 120, pp 126-133,

Working papers

Scientific articles

Stationary social learning in a changing environment

Econometrica, November 2024, vol. 92, n° 6, pp 1939-1966, (in coll. with M. PESKI, N. VIEILLE)

Academic publishing and open access: what does economics teach us?

Annals of Economics and Statistics, June 2023, vol. 150, pp 1-24, (in coll. with C. BOBTCHEFF, B. CAILLAUD)

Motivating employees through career paths

Journal of Labor Economics, January 2022, vol. 40, n° 1, pp 95-131, (in coll. with H. BAR-ISAAC)

Horizontal reputation and strategic audience management

Journal of the European Economic Association, June 2020, vol. 18, n° 3, pp 1444-1483, (in coll. with M. BOUVARD)

Working papers

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics - France
  • M.Sc. in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics - France
  • Diplome Grande Ecole, HEC Paris (Master degree in Management), HEC Paris - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2022- Associate Professor, Economics and Decision Science HEC Paris
  • 2016-2022 Assistant Professor, Economics - Decision Science HEC Paris
  • 2016- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
  • 2012-2016 Visiting Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2010-2016 Assistant Professor University of Mannheim
  • 2015-2015 Visiting professor London School of Economics & Political Science
  • 2009-2010 Max Weber fellow European University Institute, Florence

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

  • Referee service: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Canadian Journal of Economics, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Political Economy, Rand Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Theoretical Economics, Theory and Decision

  • Conference organisation

  • 2012-2012 Co-organizer of the Workshop on "Reputations in Organizations and Markets", Bad Homburg