Pierre Boyer

Pierre Boyer is a Full Professor of Economics at École polytechnique – CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics) within the Polytechnic Institute of Paris (IP Paris). He serves as Deputy Director of the Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP) and Director of the “Democracy and Institutions” research program at the IPP in Paris. Additionally, he is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London and CESifo in Munich, and a member of the Compulsory Levies Council (CPO) at the Court of Auditors.

Professor Boyer's research focuses on public economics, political economy, European integration, and banking regulation. His work examines tax systems, political feasibility of reforms, fiscal policy, and the political economy of European integration. He has conducted significant research on tax morale in France, the political economy of reforms, and European fiscal integration.

His publications appear in top economics journals including the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Econometrica, and Journal of Public Economics. His recent work includes studies on public debt and political economy of reforms (2024), Pareto-improving tax reforms (2023), and European fiscal reform preferences across European parliamentarians (2022).

• Research Fellow, CEPR, London
• Research Fellow, CESifo, Munich
• Deputy Director, Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP)
• Director, “Democracy and Institutions” program at IPP
• Member, Compulsory Levies Council (CPO), Court of Auditors

Professor Boyer teaches Public Finance at the Master's level, Microeconomics for engineering students, and Market Design. He also co-directs the MSc&T “Data and Economics for Public Policy” program, a collaboration between École polytechnique, ENSAE Paris, and Télécom Paris. In 2024, he published the book “Peut-on être heureux de payer des impôts ?” (Can We Be Happy to Pay Taxes?) with Presses Universitaires de France.