The research on public economics at Labex MME-DII can be roughly divided into three categories. A large amount of research projects is devoted to the analysis of fiscal and redistributive policy, which represents both a major field of public intervention and an important topic of public economics. The main focus of this work is the analysis of different tax policies in terms of their distortionary and redistributive effects with the goal of designing optimal taxation schemes. Estimation of household response to fiscal policy is also a crucial issue in order to assess the effectiveness of various fiscal policies and requires a combination of taxation theory and microeconometric tools. Measuring the distributive effect of taxes is also an important concern from a social and political perspective. A second aspect concerns the analysis of public policy in the realms of employment, education and health. In this respect, attention will be devoted to policies aiming at equalizing opportunities across individuals. Finally, the study of elections and voting rules, as well as of political processes constitutes an important area of interest for the Labex MME-DII.
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