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·       Uncertain altruism and the provision of long term care, with Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 151, 2017, 12-24.

·       Restoring Ramsey tax lessons to Mirrleesian tax settings: Atkinson–Stiglitz and Ramsey reconciled, with Helmuth Cremer, Social Choice & Welfare, Vol. 49, 2017, 11-35.

·       Capital income taxation and the Atkinson--Stiglitz theorem, with Luca Micheletto, Economics Letters, Vol. 147, 2016, 86--89.

·       Export constraint and domestic fiscal reform: Lessons from 2011 subsidy reform in Iran, with Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 60, 2016, 40--57.

·       On the optimal linkage of social security benefits to payroll taxes, with Randy Beach, Research in Economics, Vol. 70, 2016, 110--121.

·       Atkinson and Stiglitz theorem in the presence of a household production sector, with Helmuth Cremer, Economics Letters, Vol. 126, 2015, 91--95.

·       Energy taxes and oil price shocks, with Helmuth Cremer and Norbert Ladoux, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Advances, Vol. 15, 2015, 475--501.

·       The Friedman rule in an overlapping-generations model with nonlinear taxation and income misreporting, with Luca Micheletto, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 119, 2014, 10--23.

·       Second-best Pigouvian taxation: a clarification, Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 59, 2014, 525--535.

·       Second-best taxation of incomes and non-labor inputs in a model with endogenous wages, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 16, 2014, 917--935

·       Endogenous altruism, redistribution, and long term care, with Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Advances, Vol. 14, 2014, 499--525.

·       The Friedman rule in a model with endogenous growth and cash-in-advance constraint, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 44, 2012, 787--823.

·       Accidental bequests: a curse for the rich and a boon for the poor, with Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 114, 2012, 1437--1459.

·       Principle of targeting in environmental taxation: corrigendum, Korean Economic Review, Vol. 28, 2012, 261--264.

·       Fertility, human capital accumulation, and the pension system, with Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 95, 2011, 1272--1279.

·       Fiscal reforms in general equilibrium: theory and an application to the subsidy debate in Iran, with Farzad Taheripour, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Contributions, Vol. 11, 2011, Article 36, 1--52.

·       Stochastic fertility, moral hazard, and the design of pay-as-you-go pension plans, with Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau, CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 57, 2011, 332--348.

·       Principle of targeting in environmental taxation, Korean Economic Review, Vol. 26, 2010, 223--266.

·       Income tax reform in France: a case study, with Helmuth Cremer and Norbert Ladoux, FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Vol. 66, 2010, 121--133.

·       Tagging and income taxation: theory and an application, with Helmuth Cremer and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 2, 2010, 31--50.

·       Environmental tax design with endogenous earning abilities: an application to France, with Helmuth Cremer and Norbert Ladoux, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 59, 2010, 82--93.

·       Pensions and fertility: in search of a link, International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 16, 2009, 418--442.

·       Transfers in cash and in-kind: Theory meets the data, with Janet Currie, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 46, 2008, 333--383.

·       Pensions with heterogeneous individuals and endogenous fertility, with Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau, Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 21, 2008, 961--981.

·       Political competition within and between parties: an application to environmental policy, with Helmuth Cremer and Philippe De Donder, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 92, 2008, 532--547.

·       Energy Taxes in Three Political Economy Models, with Helmuth Cremer and Philippe De Donder, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Advances, Vol. 7, 2007, 1--27.

·       Conditional cash transfers, public provision of private goods and income redistribution, with Enlinson H.C. de Mattos, American Economic Review, Vol. 97, 2007, 491--502.

·       The Friedman rule: old and new, Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 54, 2007, 581--589.

·       On optimal commodity taxes when consumption is time consuming, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 9, 2007, 1--27.

·       Pensions with endogenous and stochastic fertility, with Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 90, 2006, 2303--2321.

·       Which border taxes? Origin and destination regimes with fiscal competition in output and emission taxes, with Helmuth Cremer, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 90, 2006, 2121--2142.

·       Optimal taxation with consumption time as a leisure or labor substitute, with Robin Boadway, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 90, 2006, 1851--1878.

·       On the marginal cost of public funds and the optimal provision of public goods, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 90, 2006, 1251--1262.

·       Environmental taxation in open economies: Unilateralism or partial harmonization, with Helmuth Cremer, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 72, 2005, 352--371.

·       Political sustainability and the design of environmental taxes, with Helmuth Cremer and Philippe De Donder, International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 11, 2004, 703--719.

·       Environmental taxes and majority rule, with Helmuth Cremer and Philippe de Donder, Public Choice, Vol. 119, 2004, 335--358.

·       Environmental taxation, tax competition and harmonization, with Helmuth Cremer, Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 55, 2004, 21--45.