Clemence Tricaud

Clemence Tricaud serves as Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management. She maintains significant research affiliations with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and CESifo. Her professional activities extend to policy institutions including the Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP).

Her research spans Public Economics, Political Economy, Urban Economics, and Applied Microeconomics, with particular focus on electoral systems, gender disparities in political representation, municipal governance, and public goods provision. Tricaud's methodological approach combines rigorous empirical analysis with real-world policy applications, frequently examining how institutional design affects individual behavior and social outcomes.

Her publications in top journals including Econometrica, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, and Journal of the European Economic Association demonstrate consistent impact in her fields. Recent work analyzes gender biases in electoral incentives during crises, costs of intermunicipal cooperation, and expressive voting behavior.

• 2021 CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Award
• 2021 Wicksell Prize from European Public Choice Society

Tricaud received her Ph.D. in Economics from École Polytechnique and CREST in 2020, with visiting scholar experience at Harvard University's Economics Department during Fall 2017 and 2018. Her policy-relevant research frequently appears in IPP policy briefs and VoxEU columns, bridging academic rigor with practical governance applications.