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Benoît Decerf is an Associate Professor at the University of Namur, affiliated with the School of Economics and the Department of Economics. He is a microeconomic theorist with expertise in poverty measurement, mechanism design, social choice, and public economics. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical policy implications, particularly in European social policy and development economics.
- Doctor of Economics, Universität Bielefeld (2016)
Decerf’s research focuses on integrating poverty metrics with social choice theory, emphasizing issues like premature mortality as a poverty dimension, equitable resource allocation, and axiomatic analysis of mechanisms. His recent publications highlight collaborations with institutions such as the Development Finance & Public Policies (DeFiPP) research group.
Notable trends in his work include applications of game theory to public policy, the development of multidimensional deprivation indices, and contributions to welfare economics through fairness axioms. His 2022 articles on the extended headcount ratio and mechanism design criteria reflect these priorities.
Scientific honors include:
- Louis-André Gerard-Varet Prize (2017)
Decerf has taught courses such as Advanced Microeconomics II (Game Theory), Microeconomics, and Political Economics: Explaining Public Policies. He led the project Dying Prematurely is a Form of Poverty (2019–2020), which examined poverty through a lens of premature mortality and deprivation.
