Thi Kim Cuong Pham

University Paris Nanterre · EconomiX

This study examines factors determining farmers’ investment in organic farming using a contextualized lab-in-the-field experiment with 220 small household farmers in Northern Vietnam. We focus on the role of network structure, information nudge, and social comparison between farmers using three types of networks: circle, star and complete. Our resu...

This study investigates the nexus between foreign aid and economic outcomes in recipient countries and examines the aid rules to promote its effectiveness. Analyses aim to provide an overview of the two important points in aid literature: aid effectiveness and aid allocation. First, we focus on internal and external factors that can explain why for...

This paper analyzes a model of aid allocation equalizing the opportunity between recipient countries to reach a common poverty reduction goal. We propose a fair and efficient aid allocation based on a multicriteria principle. The model considers structural handicaps in recipient countries in terms of lack of human capital and economic vulnerability...

Cette note analyse l'architecture de la politique de cohésion de l'Union européenne (UE) et son impact sur la croissance économique des États bénéficiaires. À travers un état des lieux sur l'efficacité conditionnelle des Fonds européens structurels et d'investissement (FESI), cette note vise à enrichir le débat sur le budget européen de la période...

The paper investigates the nexus between foreign aid, fiscal policy and economic outcomes in a small recipient country. Foreign aid may increase not only government expenditures but also private capital, and hence improve economic growth. However, it may also discourage the recipient's tax effort. The effects of foreign aid on fiscal policy and eco...

We introduce an infinite-horizon endogenous growth framework for studying the effects of foreign aid on the economic growth in a recipient country. Aid is used to partially finance the recipient’s public investment. We point out that the same rule of aid may have very different outcomes, depending on the recipient’s circumstances in terms of develo...

This paper intends to determine an optimal allocation of the European Cohesion Fund (ECF) and compares it with the observed allocation. This optimal allocation is the solution of a donor optimization problem which maximizes recipient countries' GDP per capita to achieve economic convergence in the EU. Compared to the observed allocation, our soluti...

This paper reexamines the Barro growth model in a context of interdependent preferences with consumption externality. Agents care about both consumption and social status, which is determined by their relative consumption in society. The results underline the individuals’ preferences for status as a key role in explaining long term growth and welfa...

The impact of economic activity on the environment is considered an external effect when it is not taken into account in the decision‐making process of economic agents. This chapter introduces the general functioning of traditional forms of environmental regulation with examples of application. It discusses the main sources of ineffectiveness of th...

This paper analyzes the determinants of the households’ welfare perception using the data from surveys on rural households in Thailand and Vietnam. Welfare perception corresponds to the households’ subjective assessment of their general situations. We focus on the social comparison and take into account relative poverty, harsh living conditions, ec...

We propose a structural approach to investigate total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth of 58 provinces and municipalities of Vietnam (known as one of the most dynamic emerging economies in the last few years). The analysis is applied to the provincial data that are available to us for the period 2000–2007. TFP is composed of three comp...

This paper introduces a theoretical framework for studying the effectiveness of aid for a recipient country, receiving aid to finance its public investment. It contributes to the debate on the nexus between aid and economic growth and in particular on the conditionality of aid effects. Focusing on autonomous technology, government effort, corruptio...

This paper reexamines the Barro growth model taking into account status-seeking behavior. Agents care about both consumption and social status, which is determined by their relative consumption in society. Public capital as production input is financed by income tax or lumpsum tax. We discuss different measures to reach the optimal growth and optim...

This paper analyzes endogenous ï¬scal policy and public decision in an endogenous growth model where agents care about social status and environmental quality. The quest for a higher status is assimilated to a preference for capital wealth. The government uses income tax to ï¬nance infrastructure and environmental protection, and maximizes individu...

We provide a reappraisal of income convergence across European regions over the last two decades by using a semiparametric partially linear model to approximate the relationship between the average growth rate of GDP per capita and the initial GDP per capita. Estimation results point out both country heterogeneity and non-linearity in the convergen...

We provide a reappraisal of income convergence across European regions over the period 1990-2005 by using a semiparametric partially linear model to approximate the relationship between the average growth rate of GDP per capita and the initial GDP per capita. Estimation results point out both country heterogeneity and non-linearity in the convergen...

Homo oeconomicus's utility function assumes the absence of social interactions and the independence of individual preferences. This utility function, defined over absolute income, receives numerous studies based on experimental and survey data. In this paper, I begin by outlying some empirical results in favour of the relativity of utility. The rel...

La fonction d'utilité de l’ homo oeconomicus est synonyme d'absence d'interactions sociales entre agents économiques et d'indépendance des préférences individuelles. Ce postulat d'utilité, dite absolue, est l'objet de nombreuses vérifications empiriques basées à la fois sur des données expérimentales et des données d'enquêtes réelles. Dans le cadre...

Consequences of Relative Utility Hypothesis in Economic Analysis Homo oeconomicus’s utility function assumes the absence of social interactions and the independence of individual preferences. This utility function, defined over absolute income, receives numerous studies based on experimental and survey data. In this paper, I begin by outlying some...

Nous utilisons un modèle semi-paramétrique partiellement linéaire pour étudier la convergence des régions européennes. Les données proviennent de la base Eurostat et portent sur 223 régions de l'Union européenne pour la période 1990-2000. Les concepts de /beta/-convergence (conditionnelle et inconditionnelle) et /sigma/-convergence sont examinés. L...

We use a partly linear semi-parametric model to study the convergence of European Union regions. The data are taken from the Eurostat base and cover 223 EU regions for the period 1990-2000. The estimation results indicate the presence of non-linearity and heterogeneity in the convergence process. Convergence occurs only in regions with low GDP per...

I investigate the wealth distribution and endogenous fiscal policy in a two-class growth model in which individuals exhibit a desire for social status. The latter is increasing with individual wealth and decreasing with the average wealth of the society. First, I show that status-seeking is crucial in determining the long-run wealth distribution: a...

We use two datasets to study the convergence process across European regions. Relying on Quah (1966a,1997), we examine the dynamics of income distribution and find evidence of polarization whatever the time horizon considered. Regions whose incomes were close together at an initial period transit subsequently to widely different income levels.

We investigate the wealth distribution and endogenous fiscal policy in a two-classes growth model in which individuals exhibit a desire for social status. The latter is in- creasing with individual wealth and decreasing with the average level of the society. First, we show that status seeking is crucial in determining the long-run wealth dis- tribu...

We use a new extensive dataset to examine the convergence process across European regions. We propose a semiparametric partially linear model to approximate the relation between the average growth rate of GDP per capita and the initial GDP per capita. Estimation results show non-linearity and heterogeneity in the convergence process. Convergence em...

Cet article étudie l'hypothèse d'utilité relative selon laquelle l'utilité de l'individu dépend non seulement de ses propres caractéristiques mais aussi de termes interdépendants. Nous utilisons les données de la base German Socio-Economic Panel pour étudier la relation entre la satisfaction dans la vie (mesure subjective de l'utilité), le revenu e...

We investigate the wealth distribution and endogenous Þscal policy in a two-classes growth model in which individuals exhibit a desire for social status. The latter is in- creasing with individual wealth and decreasing with the average level of the society. First, we show that status seeking is crucial in determining the long-run wealth dis- tribut...

In November 2004, Philippe Mongin wrote in the French national newspaper Les Echos that: "Economists should give up treating value judgments as external parameters and make them the subject of explicit and argued assertions; in other words, they should fully take on the aim to construct a 'normative science' of efficiency, justice and collective ra...