C.V.
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Ph.D. in economics, June 2001 "Dynamic games of political influence" (Supervisor: George Mailath)
DELTA, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, M.A. in economics, Paris, France, 1996
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), B.A., M.B.A., Paris, France, 1994
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2017 to date HEC Montréal, Professor, Department of Applied Economics
2010-2017 HEC Montréal, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics
2011-2012 ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Visiting professor
2005-2010 HEC Montréal, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics
2001-2005 ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Research fellow
1997-2001 University of Pennsylvania, Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics
OTHER POSITIONS
2016 to date CEPR, Industrial Organisation Research Programme, Research Fellow
2015 to date, CIRANO. Fellow.
2012 to date ECARES Associate Fellow
2006 -2016 CIRPEE, Research Fellow
2006-2016 CEPR, Industrial Organisation Research Programme, Research Affiliate
ARTICLES
Nicolas SAHUGUET and Nicola PERSICO, Campaign spending in a model of redistributive politics, Economic Theory, 2006, 28, p. 95-124.
Nicolas SAHUGUET, Volunteering for heterogeneous tasks, Games and Economic Behavior, 2006, 56, p. 333-49.
Nicolas SAHUGUET, Caps in asymmetric all-pay auctions with incomplete information, Economics Bulletin, 2006, Vol 3(9), p. 1-8.
Johannes HÖRNER and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Costly signaling in auctions, Review of Economic Studies, 2007, 74, p.173-206.
Benoît CRUTZEN and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Redistributive politics and distortionary taxation, Journal of Economic Theory, 2009, 144, p. 264-279.
Paola CONCONI and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Re-election incentives and the sustainability of international cooperation, Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, p. 549-58.
Micael CASTANHEIRA, Benoît CRUTZEN and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Party governance and political competition, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2010, vol. 26, p. 212-242.
Victor GINSBURGH, Patrick LEGROS and Nicolas SAHUGUET, How to win twice at an auction: on the incidence of commissions in auctions, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2010, Vol 28(6), p. 639-644.
Micael CASTANHEIRA, Benoît CRUTZEN and Nicolas SAHUGUET, The impact of party organization on electoral outcomes, Revue économique, 2010, Vol. 61(4), p. 677-696.
Johannes HÖRNER and Nicolas SAHUGUET, A war of attrition with endogenous effort levels, Economic Theory, 2011, 47(1), p. 1-27.
Nicolas SAHUGUET, A model of repeat advertising, Economics Letters, 2011, Vol. 111(1), p. 20-22.
Edoardo DI PORTO, Nicola PERSICO and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Audits and tax evasion: an application to labor taxes in Italy. American Economic Journal Micro-Economics, 2013, Vol 5(1), p. 35-62.
Paola CONCONI, Nicolas SAHUGUET and Maurizio ZANARDI, Democratic peace and electoral accountability, Journal of European Economic Association, 2014, 12(4), p. 997-1028.
Stéphane MECHOULAN and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Assessing racial disparities in parole release, Journal of Legal Studies, 2015, 44(1), p. 39-74.
Pierre CHAIGNEAU, Bernard SINCLAIR-DESGAGNÉ and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Prudence and the convexity of compensation contracts, Economics Letters, 2017, 157, p. 14-16.
Nicolas SAHUGUET and Alexis WALCKIERS, A theory of hub-and-spoke collusion, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, 53, p. 353-370.
Paola CONCONI, Nicolas SAHUGUET and Maurizio ZANARDI, Electoral Incentives, Term Limits and the Sustainability of Peace, European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 51, p. 15-26.
Pierre CHAIGNEAU and Nicolas SAHUGUET, The effect of monitoring on CEO pay practices in a matching equilibrium, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2018, 53(2), p. 1-43.
Benoît CRUTZEN and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Uncontested Primaries: causes and consequences. Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2018, 13(4), p. 427-462.
Benoît CRUTZEN, Sabine FLAMAND and Nicolas SAHUGUET. A model of a team contest, with an application to incentives under list proportional representation. Journal of Public Economics, 182(C).
Pierre CHAIGNEAU and Nicolas SAHUGUET, The complementarity of governance mechanisms: accounting system quality and board monitoring, Journal of Accounting Research. 2022.
Benoît CRUTZEN and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Comparative politics with intraparty candidate selection, European Journal of Political Economy, 2023.
Hideo KONISHI, Benoit CRUTZEN, and Nicolas SAHUGUET, Allocation Rules of Indivisible Prizes in Team Contests, accepted at Economic Theory.
Benoit CRUTZEN, Hideo KONISHI, and Nicolas SAHUGUET, The best at the top: Candidate Ranking Strategies Under Closed List Proportional Representation, (conditional acceptance at Political Science Research Methods)
BOOKS
Justin LEROUX and Nicolas SAHUGUET, (2014) Microéconomie - Introduction pour étudiants en gestion (manuel et guide de l'étudiant), Editions JFD. Inc.
Justin LEROUX and Nicolas SAHUGUET, (2014) Microeconomics - An introduction for business students (textbook and workbook), Editions JFD Inc.
Justin LEROUX and Nicolas SAHUGUET, (2020) Microéconomie - Introduction pour étudiants en gestion (manuel et guide de l'étudiant), Editions JFD. Inc., 2nd ed.
Justin LEROUX and Nicolas SAHUGUET, (2020) Microeconomics - An introduction for business students (textbook and workbook), Editions JFD Inc. 2nd ed.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Auction house collusion poorly redressed with O. Ashenfelter, V. Ginsburgh, K. Graddy and P. Legros, The Art Newspaper, October 2003
Democracy and accountability: The perverse effects of term limits, with P. Conconi and Maurizio Zanardi, Vox.eu Column August 2008
Hub-and-spoke conspiracies: the vertical expression of a horizontal desire, with A. Walckiers. Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2014, 5(10), p. 711-716.
An Economic Perspective on Independent Competition Enforcement, wtih B. Crutzen and A. Walckiers, in Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Conference of the Global Competition Law Centre (GCLC), p.105-117.
Vertical restraints: Towards guidance to iron out perceived enforcement discrepancies across Europe?, with J. Steenbergen, T. Vergé and A. Walckiers, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, 2016, 7(4), p. 274-279.
Les partis politiques dans les modèles d’économie politique, with B. Crutzen 2017, L'Actualité Économique, 93(1-2), p. 173-201.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS and GRANTS
2014-2025 Professorship in Economics HEC Montréal
2021-2024 SSHRC Insight Grant (90091 CAD) with Pierre Chaigneau
2017 Chenelière Éducation/Gaëtan Morin Award (for the excellence of scientific and professional publications by an associate professor over the past three years.)
2014 François-Albert Angers prize for the best new textbook used at HEC Montréal (shared with Justin Leroux)
2011-2014 FQRSC team research grant (52,800 CAD)
2010-2013 SSHRC research grant (60,000 CAD)
2008 Best young researcher prize - HEC Montréal
2006-2009 FQRSC research grant (45,000 CAD)
2003-2005 European Commission Research Training Network Grant (ECARES)
2001-2002 European Commission Training and Mobility of Researchers Grant (ECARES)
1996-1999 University of Pennsylvania Fellowship
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Local organizer, SIOE Conference, Montreal June 2018.
Organizer with Sean Horan of the Canadian Economic Theory Conference in Montreal, May 2016.
Organizer with Arianna Degan of the CIRPEE workshop on Political Institutions, Montréal May 2014.
Organizer with Decio Coviello of the Québec Political Economy Conference, Mont Tremblant, March 2013, March 2014 and March 2015, and Mont Sainte Anne March 2016, March 2017 and March 2018.
Organizer with Lars Ehlers of the Conference of the Society for Economic Design (SED) in Montreal, June 2011.
Organizer with Sidartha Gordon of the Canadian Economic Theory Conference in Montreal, May 2007.
REFEREEING ACTIVITY
American Economic Journal Microeconomics, American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, Berkeley Journal of Theoretical Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Journal, Econometrica, Economics Bulletin, Economics Letters, Economics of Governance, Economic Theory, European Economics Review, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, International Game Theory Review, Journal of Economics Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics , Journal of Public Economic Theory, Louvain Economic Review, The Manchester School, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Design, Review of Economic and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Industrial Organization, Social Choice and Welfare, Theoretical Economics.