Professor of Economics, Université de Berne
Eric is a part-time research Professor in the department of economics and is currently based at Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. His main research is in the area of applied development economics but he has also published in the areas of international, environmental and labour economics.
He is currently working on the economics of natural disasters linking economics with techniques from the natural sciences. Eric has published over 100 papers including in the Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Urban Economics and the Canadian Journal of Economics.
Air pollution exposure linked to higher COVID-19 cases and deaths – new study
Jul 14, 2020 09:51 am UTC| Nature
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