Jean-Francois BRUN

Jean-François BRUN is an HDR Lecturer at the School of Economics, Université Clermont Auvergne, with a focus on public finance and development economics. He is affiliated with the Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) and has contributed extensively to tax policy, fiscal decentralization, and health economics research.

• Research Interests: Public finance, tax revenue mobilization in developing countries, fiscal decentralization, impact of development aid, econometric analysis of education and health policies, cocoa industry economics.
• Recent Articles: His work examines tax transition mechanisms, digitalization's role in VAT performance, education expenditure efficiency, and malaria's economic effects on agricultural production. Subtopics include synthetic control methods, stochastic frontier analysis, and price transmission dynamics.
• Collaborations: Frequent co-author with Sèna Kimm Gnangnon, Gérard Chambas, and Constantin Thierry Compaore. His projects span institutions like the World Trade Organization and INSEE.