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Articles

  1. “The macroeconomic costs of energy policies: Quasi-fiscal deficit in the Middle East and North Africa” (2024), Energy Economics, Volume 133, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107427 (with D. Camos and M. Hamid)
  2. “Mentoring as a pathway to labor market integration: evidence from a Belgian program (2022), International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching & Mentoring,20(1) (with L. Bagnoli and M. Fourati)
  3. “On the political economy of industrial, labor and social reforms as complements” (2021), European Economic Review, 137 (with R. Foucart) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103789
  4. “Mentoring Migrants for Labor Market Integration: Policy Insights from a Survey of Mentoring Theory and Practice” (2021),  World Bank Research Observer  (with L. Bagnoli) https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkab005
  5. “Does the ownership of utilities matter for social outcomes? A survey of the evidence for developing countries” (2021), Journal of Economic Policy Reform (with L. Bagnoli, S. Bertomeu and M. Vagliasindi) https://doi.org/10.1080/17487870.2021.1997747
  6. “Prioritization of surgery in cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from a failed balancing act” (2021), Annals of Surgery, (with V. Donckier, M. Goldman and G. Liberale)
  7. “Governance choices and policy outcomes in the Latin American and Caribbean electricity sector”, Utilities Policy (2020), 67 (with M. de Halleux and T. Serebrisky)
  8. “Infrastructure provision, politics, and religion: Insights from Tunisia’s new democracy”, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics (2019) (with M. Fourati),
  9. “The scope and limits of accounting and judicial courts intervention in inefficient public procurement”,  Journal of Public Economics (2018), Vol. 157, January, 95–106 (with Renaud Foucart)
  10. “Can supranational infrastructure regulation compensate for national institutional weaknesses?”, Revue Economique (2018) (with E. Auriol and L. Wren-Lewis)
  11. “Do Private Water Utility Operators Care about Regulatory Agencies in Developing Countries?”, Utilities Policy (2018), 153-163, (with S. Bertomeu-Sanchez and D. Camos)
  12. “Public-Private Partnerships in Europe: From the promises of theory to the failures of practice” , Instituto de Economic de Barcelona Report (2018), 13-16,  IEB (with S. Bertomeu-Sanchez)
  13. “Unbundling political and economic rationality: a non-parametric approach tested on transport infrastructure in Spain”, (2017) Transport Policy, 59, (with S. Bertomeu-Sanchez), pp 181-195
  14. “Decentralization and Sectoral Expenditures in Europe”, (2017) Applied Economics Letters, 24, (with M. Cincera and A. Wolf), March, pp 1 -5
  15. “Shared Mandates, Moral Hazard and Political (Mis)alignment in a Decentralized Economy”, (2016), World Development, (with G. Garsous and R. Seroa da Motta)
  16. “’Efficiency and Equity Effects of Taxing the Financial Sector: Lessons from a CGE Model for Belgium” (2016), Finanz Archiv/Public Finance Analysis (with O. Chisari and G. Nicodeme
  17. “What if TTIP Changed the Regulation of Public Services? Lessons for Europe from Developing Countries” (2016), Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique (with C. Philippe), LV(3) pp59-73
  18. “Is the Belgian youth ready to save for retirement under a defined contribution pension system?” (2016), Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique (with S. De Cecco),LV(3), pp99-118
  19. “Financing infrastructure in developing countries” (2015), Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 31 (3-4): 279-304   (with T. Serebrisky and L. Wren-Lewis)
  20. “Is Belgium Overshooting in its Policy Support to Cut the Cost of Capital of Renewable Sources of Energy ?” (2015), Reflets et perspectives de la vie economique,LIV (1-2): 33-45 (with A.-M. Steichen)
  21. « La Taxation Directe Effective de l’Energie en Belgique. Pourquoi faire simple si on peut faire compliqué pour taxer peu ?”(2015), Reflets et perspectives de la vie economique  LIV (1-2): 47-57 (with V. Daxbek) )
  22.  “Public-Private Partnerships and efficiency: a short assessment” (2014), CESifo DICE Report (September), pp 8-13 (with S. Saussier)
  23. “Impact potentiel de l’introduction d’un impôt alternatif minimum sur les entreprises en Belgique”(2014), Reflets et perspectives de la vie economique, Vol.1 (with V. Daxbek), pp 63-85
  24. “How (un)even was the distribution of the impacts of Mali’s water privatization across stakeholders?”(2013), Journal of Development Studies, Volume 49 (4), April, pages 483-99 (with E. Grifell-Tatjé)
  25.  “Job creation through infrastructure investment in the Middle East and North Africa” (2013), World Development,  Volume 45, Pages 209-222 (with E. Ianchovichina, R. Foucart, G. Garsous and T. Yepes)
  26. “The Distributional Impact of Developed Countries’ Climate Change Policies on Senegal: A Macro-Micro CGE Application.” (2013) Sustainability 5(6): 2727-2750 (with D. Boccanfuso and L. Savard)
  27. “Quality or Price? Evidence from ODA-Financed Public Procurement” (2012), Public Finance Review, vol. 40(4), pages 435-469, July (with A. Iimi).
  28. “The Impact of Infrastructure Spending  in Sub-Saharan Africa: A CGE Modeling Approach,” (2012),  Economics Research International, (with L. Savard and J.-F.Perrault)
  29. “The trade balance effects of infrastructure services regulation” (2011), International Economics and Economic Policy,  (with O. Chisari, G. Lambardi and C. Romero)
  30.  “Bidders’ entry and auctioneer’s rejection: Applying a double selection model to road procurement auctions” (2011) Journal of Applied Economics, (with A. Iimi),  Universidad del CEMA, November, pp 199-223
  31. “ (Un)Bundling infrastructure procurement: evidence from water supply and sewage projects”, (2011),Utilities Policy(with A. Iimi)
  32.  “Theory and evidence on the economics of energy efficiency: Lessons for the Belgian building sector”,(2011)  Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, (with M. Kaufman)
  33. “The Intra-Country Distributional Impact of Policies to Fight Climate Change: A Survey”, (2011), Journal of Development Studies (with D. Boccanfuso and  L. Savard), Vol 47 (1), pp97-117
  34. “Infrastructure finance in developing countries: An overview” (2010),  European Investment Bank Papers, Volume 15, No.  2, pp60-89
  35.  “Bidder Asymmetry in Infrastructure Procurement: Are There any Fringe Bidders?”, (2010) Review of Industrial Organization (with A. Iimi), Vol. 36, pp. 136-187.
  36. “Towards a Theory of Regulation for Developing Countries: Following Jean-Jacques Laffont’s Lead”, (2009), Journal of Economic Literature, (With L. Wren-Lewis), September 47(3):729-70
  37. “Joint Bidding, Governance and Public Procurement Costs: A case of road projects”,(2009) Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics,  (with A. Iimi), Vol. 80(3), , Pages 393 – 429
  38. “A Macro-Micro Analysis of the Effects of Electricity Reform in Senegal on Poverty and Distribution,”Journal of Development Studies. (2009) Volume 45, no 3, pp351-375(with L. Savard and D. Boccanfuso)
  39. “Water reforms in Senegal: Distributional impact analysis”(2009),Journal of African Development (with L Savard and D. Boccanfuso)
  40.  “Electricity Reforms In Mali: A Macro-Micro Analysis Of The Effects On Poverty And Distribution,” (2009), South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 77(1), pages 127-147,  (with L Savard and D. Boccanfuso)
  41. “Multidimensionality and Renegotiation: Evidence from Transport-Sector PPP Transactions in Latin America”, (2009),  Review of Industrial Organization, vol. 35(1), pages 41-71, September (with J.L Guasch, A. Iimi and L. Trujillo)
  42. “Corruption and infrastructure services: An overview,” (2009), Utilities Policy, vol. 17(2), pages 153-155, June (with L. Trujillo)
  43. “Utilities reforms and corruption in developing countries”, (2009),Utilities Policy, (with A. Goicoechea and L. Trujillo), , vol. 17(2), pages 191-202, June
  44. “How efficient are African Electricity Companies? Evidence from the Southern African Countries”, (2008), Energy Policy, 36 (6), p.1969-1979, June (with B. Tovar and L. Trujillo)
  45. “Measuring quantity-quality trade-offs in regulation: The Brazilian freight railways case”, (2007), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 78 (1), 1–20 (with S. Perelman and L. Trujillo)
  46. “Infrastructures et développement : une revue des débats récents et à venir ” (2007), Revue d’économie du développement 2007/4 (Vol. 15), p. 5-53.
  47. “Universal Service Obligations in LDCs: The Effect of Uniform Pricing on Infrastructure Access.” (2006) Journal of Public Economics, Volume 90, Issues 6-7, August, Pages 1155-1179 (with J.J. Laffont and X. Zhang) 
  48. “PPI divorces vs. PPI partnerships in Infrastructure”, (2006) Review of Industrial Organization, 29,Pages  3-26
  49. “Telecommunications Reform and Performance” (2006), DICE Report — Journal for Institutional Comparisons, September-October (with A. Goicoechea and M. Manacorda)
  50.  “Is Debt Replacing Equity in Regulated Privatized Infrastructure in Developing Countries?, (2006) Utilities Policy  Volume 14, Issue 2, June , Pages 90-102 (withS. Jarvela and L. Correia)
  51.  “How concentrated are global infrastructure markets?” (2005), The Review of Network Economics, Vol 4, Issue 3 – September, pp 220 – 242 (with D. Benitez)
  52. “Are Returns to Private Infrastructure in Developing Countries Consistent with Risks since the Asian Crisis”,(2005)  Journal of Network Industries, Vol 6(1),  pp 47-71 (with M.E. Pinglo)
  53.  “The limits of competition in urban buses in developing countries”,(2005)  Transport Reviews (with A. Gomez-Lobo), Vol. 25, 2, pp139-158, March
  54.    “Do Regulation and Ownership Drive the Efficiency of Electricity Distribution? Evidence from Latin America”,(2004)  Economics Letters,  Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 253-257 (with M. Rossi)
  55. “Sources of Efficiency Gains in Port Reform: A DEA Decomposition of a Malmquist TFP Index for Mexico”, (2004) Utilities Policy, (with B. Tovar and L. Trujillo), December, Vol.12, 4, pp231-230
  56. “The Case for International Coordination of Electricity Regulation: Evidence from the Measurement of Efficiency in South America”(2004), Journal of Regulatory Economics, (with M. Rossi and C. Ruzzier), May, pp. 271-295
  57. ”Downsizing with labor sharing and collusion” (2004,)  The Journal of Development Economics, vol. 73, 2, pp 519-540 (with JJ Laffont and X. Zhang)
  58. “Las Privatizaciones en América Latina”(2004) , Revista Asturiana de Economia, Vol 31 (with L. Trujillo) pp37-59
  59.  “Efficiency effects of “Privatization” in Argentina’s Water and Sanitation Services”(2003), Water Policy,   volume 5 issue 4, pages 369-380 (with L. Trujillo)
  60. “Processes and accounting matter for regulators: Learning from Argentina’s railways privatization”,(2003)   Journal of Network Industries, Vol. 4, No1, 3-28 (with J. Campos and L. Trujillo)
  61. “Making Infrastructure Reform Work for the Poor: Policy Options Based on Latin America’s Experience”,(2002)  The CEPAL Review  (with V. Foster and Q. Wodon),  December, 105-124
  62. “What Does Privatization Do for Efficiency? Evidence from Argentina’s and Brazil’s Railways”(2002), World Development, Vol. 30, No11, November (with M. Gonzalez and L. Trujillo), 1885-1897
  63. “Dealing with Demand Forecasting Games in Transport Privatization”, Transport Policy (2002) (with L. Trujillo andE. Quinet), Vol. 9, No4, October, 325-33
  64.  “Telecoms Reform, Access Regulation and Internet Adoption in Latin America”,(2002)Economia, Spring, (with T. Valletti and M. Manacorda), 153-218
  65. “Efficiency Gains from Port Reform and the Potential for Yardstick Competition: Lessons from Mexico” (2002),World Development, Vol. 30, No.4, April (with M. Gonzalez and L. Trujillo), 545-560
  66. “How different is the efficiency of Public and Private Water Companies in Asia” (2002),The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 16,  No1(with M. Rossi), 139-148
  67. “Railways Reform in Brazil”, (2002) The Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Vol. 1, Number 2, June(with A. Goldstein and R. Pittman), 203-235
  68. “The Potential Role of Economic Cost Models in the Regulation of Telecommunications in Developing Countries” (2002),  Information Economics and Policy,, March, Vol 14, No.1 (with D. Benitez, M. Kennet and C. Ruzzier), 21-38
  69. “Downsizing with Labor Sharing and Collusion” (2002), Journal of World Economy, 9 (in Chinese)  (with J.-J. Laffont and X. Zhang), )
  70. “Utilities Privatization and the Poor: Lessons and evidence from Latin America” (2001),  World Development, July (with A. Gomez-Lobo and D. Leipziger), vol. 29, Number 7
  71. “Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s” (2001), The World Bank Research Observer, Vol 16, Number 1, pp85-108
  72. “A few things transport regulators should know about risk and the cost of capital” (2001), Utilities Policy, Volume 9, 1-13 (with I. Alexander and A. Oliveri),
  73. “Industry restructuring and regulation: Building a base for sustainable growth – lessons from Latin America”, Development Southern Africa (2000),vol. 17, No. 3, 307-337 (with I. Alexander)
  74. «Les Besoins du Pauvre dans la Privatisation d’Infrastructure: Le Rôle des Obligations de Service Universel» (2000),  Revue des Concessions et des Délégations de Service Public (O. Chisari, A. Estache et J.J. Laffont), juin
  75.  “Evaluating the Minimum Asset Tax on Corporations: An Option Pricing Approach” (1999), Journal of Public Economics, January, Vol. 77, no 1 (with S. van Wijnbergen)
  76. “Winners and Losers from the Privatization and Regulation of Utilities: Lessons from a General Equilibrium Model of Argentina” (1999), The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 13, No 2. (with O. Chisari and C. Romero), pp. 357-378
  77.  “Privatización y regulación de infraestructuras de transporte: Un panorama”(1999), Papeles de Economía Española, 82, pp196-209
  78. “Regulatory Reform, Development, and Institutions” (1999), Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics,Vol. 16, No 7. (in Chinese)(with X. Zhang)
  79.   “Establishing Regulatory Institutions in China” (1999). Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, Vol. 16, No. 3. (in Chinese) (with X. Zhang)
  80.  “Infrastructure Development and Participation of Private Sector” (1999), Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, 15 No..11, (with K Zhang),
  81. “La Regulación de Infraestructuras: los casos de la Electricidad y el Agua”, (1998), Economistas-Un balance ,Colegio de Economistas, Madrid (with J. Campos)
  82. “Infrastructure Development and Participation of Private Sector” (1998),  Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, Vol. 15, No. 11. (in Chinese) (with X. Zhang)
  83. “Regulatory Trade-offs in Designing Concession Contracts for Infrastructure Networks”(1998), Utilities Policy, 7, (with C. Crampes)
  84. “Controlling Brazil’s Pollution: Federal vs. State Taxes and Fines”, (1996),  Journal of Infrastructure Systems, vol. 2, No.2, June (with K. Zheng)
  85.  “Decentralizing Public Services: what can we learn from the Theory of the Firm?”,(1996), Revue d’Economie Politique, 106 (1), Jan. Fevr. (with J. Cremer and P. Seabright), Reprinted in “Recent Developments in Urban and Regional Economics”, Paul Cheschire and Gilles Duranton, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.(2005)
  86.  “How to Commercialize Public Infrastructure Utilities” (1994), Finance and Development, Vol.31, No3, September

 Book Chapters

  1. “Procurement during sanitary crises: when not only incompetence and corruption matter” (2021), in Bandiera, O., E. Bosio and G. Spagnolo, ed. Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies, CEPR (with R. Foucart), 113-122, at https://voxeu.org/content/procurement-focus-rules-discretion-and-emergencies
  2. “Infrastructure “Privatization”: When Ideology Meets Evidence” (2021), in Gómez-Ibáñez, J.A., and Z. Liu,  Infrastructure Economics and Policy: International Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,  261-284
  3. “The Health Impact of Water and Sanitation Utilities Privatization and Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” (2021), in Dale Whittington, ed. , Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. Oxford University Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.013.315 (with L. Bagnoli and S. Bertomeu-Sanchez)
  4. “La regulación: el trampolín para mejores servicios”, in Cavallo, E., A. Powell and T. Serebrisky (2020), De estructuras a servicios: El camino a una mejor infraestructura en América Latina y el Caribe, Inter-American Development Bank, Washngton, D.C., 341-374
  5. “Institutions for Infrastructure in Developing Countries: What We Know and the Lot We still Need to Know” (2020), in Baland, J.M., F. Bourguignon, J.P. Platteau, and T. Verdier, editors, The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions, Princeton University Press
  6. “Efficiency Measures in Regulated Industries: History, Outstanding Challenges and Emerging Solutions” (2018), in E. Grifell-Tatje and K. Lovel, Handbook of Productivity and Efficiency Measures (with L. Cherchye, B. De Rock and M. Verschelde)
  7. “Successes and Failures of Water and Sanitation Governance Choices in Sub-Saharan Africa ” (2018) in Porcher, S. and S. Saussier, Facing the Challenges of Water Governance, Palgrave, pp. 223-257
  8. “Public-Private Partnerships in Europe: From the promises of theory to the failures of practice” in Instituto de Economic de Barcelona Report (2018), 13-16, IEB (with S. Bertomeu-Sanchez)
  9. “Regulating water and sanitation network services- Accounting for institutional and informational constraints” (2017), in R. Damania, ed. Uncharted Waters: The Economics of Water Scarcity and Variability, OUP, (with D. Camos)
  10. “Corruption in Belgium: a Policy Oriented Survey of Facts, Figures and Failures,”  (2015) in E. Cantillon, ed. , Corruption in today’s Belgium, Re-BeL, p5-24, e-book available at http://www.rethinkingbelgium.eu/rebel-initiative-files/ebooks/ebook-17/Re-Bel-e-book-17.pdf
  11. «Notas sobre el financiamiento de la infraestructura y sus fuente »s, IDEAL 2014,  La Infraestructura en el Desarrollo Integral de América Latina, CAFE, 10-33
  12. “Music and happiness” (2014), in T. Tachibanaki and T. Miyamoto, eds., Hapiness, Kyoto (Japan): Minervashobo,147-165  (with and C. Biset-Bentchikou and V.Ginsburgh) (in Japanese).
  13. “Overview” (2014), in A. Estache (ed.)“The next generation of economic issues in energy policy in Europe, CEPR, London
  14. “Transport infrastructure failure: mismanagement and incompetence or political capture” (2013), in T. Søreide and A. Williams (Eds.) Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing (with G. Bel and R. Foucart)
  15. “What anti-corruption policies can learn from regulation theory” (2012), in S. Rose-Ackerman and T. Soreide, The International Handbook of Anti-Corruption Economics (Vol. II) ( with L. Wren-Lewis), pp269-298
  16. “Infrastructure policy for shared-growth post-2008: More and better or simply more complex?” (2012), in Canuto, O.  and D.M. Leipziger, Ascent after decline: regrowing global economies after the great recession,   pp135-178, The World Bank
  17. “Regulation and competition issues in infrastructure services: An overview” (2011),  Regulation and competition issues in infrastructure services (A. Estache, ed.)  CEPR,London
  18. “Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Need to Go?” (2010), in R. Kanbur and A. M. Spence (Eds.) Equity and Growth in a Globalizing World (with F. Bourguignon et al.)
  19. “What anti-corruption policies can learn from regulation theory” (2011), in S. Rose-Ackerman and T. Soreide, The International Handbook of Anti-Corruption Economics (Vol. II) ( with L. Wren-Lewis)
  20.  “Public-Private Partnerships in Transport” (2011), in  A. de Palma, E. Quinet and R. Vickerman, (ed), Handbook of Transport Economics,  (with E. Juan and L. Trujillo)
  21.  “Regulation in Developing Economics: A survey of theory and evidence”  (2010) in Baldwin, R., M. Cave and M. Lodge (ed) Oxford Handbook of Regulation (with L. Wren-Lewis)
  22. “Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Need to Go?” (2010), in R. Kanbur and A. M. Spence (Eds.) Equity and Growth in a Globalizing World (with F. Bourguignon et al.)
  23.  “Emerging issues in infrastructure”, (2010), in D. Leipziger, ed. , Globalization and Growth: Implications for a Post-Crisis World, Commission on Growth and Development (with M. Fay)
  24. “Fiscal Policy, Distribution and the Middle Class », (2009), chapter 1 in Estache and Leipziger,  Stuck in the Middle: Is Fiscal Policy Failing the Middle Class?, Brookings Institution Publication,Washington,D.C.
  25. « Subsidies » (2009) chapter 5 (with M. Goldstein), in Estache and Leipziger, Stuck in the Middle: Is Fiscal Policy Failing the Middle Class?,, Brookings Insituttion Publication, Washington, D.C.
  26. « Réforme et régulation des services publics dans les pays en voie de développement : mythes et réalités » (2008), in J.M. Chevalier, M.-A. Frison-Roche, J.H. Keppler and P. Noumba Um, (ed.), Economie et Droit de la Régulation des Infrastructures: Perspectives des pays en voie de développement, pp 119-134, LGDJ, Paris, Collection Droit & Economie
  27. “Privatization in Latin America: The Good, the Ugly and the Unfair”, in Roland, G. and J. Stiglitz (2008), Privatization,  The Initiative for Policy Dialogue  (with L. Trujillo)
  28. “Transport cost levels, productivity and efficiency measures: some theory and main policy uses” (2007) in Report ECMT`s 136th  Round Table, European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT)-OCDE  (with L. Trujillo)
  29. “Infrastructure and Development: A Survey of Recent and Upcoming Issues”, (2007) in Bourguignon, F., and B. Pleskovic, Rethinking Infrastructure for Development – Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Global, pp47-82
  30. “Lessons from computable general equilibrium models applied to regulatory economics”, (2006) in O.O. Chisari, ed., Regulatory Economics and Quantitative Methods: Evidence form Latin America (with O. Chisari and C. Romero) Edward Elgar Publishing,Cheltenham
  31.  “Infrastructure Reform in Developing Economies: Evidence from a survey of efficiency measures “in T. Coelli and D. Lawrence (eds.) (2006), “Performance measurement and regulation of network utilities’, Edward Elgar Publishing,Cheltenham (with S. Perelman and L. Trujillo)
  32. “On Latin America’s Infrastructure Experience: Policy Gaps and the Poors”, in J. Nellis and N. Birdsall (2005), Reality Check: the Distributional Impact of Privatization in Developing countries, Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C., pp281-296
  33. “Argentina Privatization: A Cure or a Disease?” in Hirschhausen, C., T. Beckers and K. Mitusch (2004), Trends in Infrastructure Regulation and Financing: International Experience and Case Studies from Germany, Edward Elgar,Cheltenham,UK andNorthampton,MA.,USA
  34. “Where do We Stand on Transport Infrastructure Deregulation and Public-Private Partnerships?” OECD-ECMT Round Table 129, (2004) (with T. Serebrisky)
  35. “Price caps, efficiency pay-offs and infrastructure contract renegotiation in Latin America”, in Bartle, I. (2003), The UK Model of Utility Regulation: a 20th anniversary collection to mark the “Littlechild Report” retrospect and prospect”, CRI Proceedings 31 (with L. Guasch and L. Trujillo), pp173-198
  36. “Macroeconomic Effects of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure”, in Easterly, W. and L. Serven (2003), The Limits of Stabilisation, Stanford University Press, Stanford (with J. Campos, N. Martin and L. Trujillo), pp139-170
  37. “Access by the poor in Latin America’s utility reform: subsidies and service obligations” in Ugaz, C. and C. Waddams Price, ed.  (2003), Utility Privatization and Regulation: A Fair Deal for Consumers?,  Edward Elgar,Northampton, MAS,USA (with O. Chisari and C. Waddams Price) pp25-53
  38. “Can the gains from Argentina’s utilities reform offset credit shocks?”, in Ugaz, C. and C. Waddams Price, ed. (2003), Utility Privatization and Regulation: A Fair Deal for Consumers?,  Edward Elgar,Northampton, MAS,USA (with D. Benitez and O. Chisari) pp175-202
  39. “The Regulation of Transport Infrastructure and Services: A Conceptual Overview”, in Estache, A. and de Rus, G. (2000), pp 5-50 (with G. de Rus)
  40. “Toll roads”, in Estache, A. and de Rus, G. (2000), pp. 235-294, (with J. Strong and M. Romero)
  41. “Transaction costs, politics, regulatory institutions and regulatory outcomes”, in Manzetti, L. ed. (2000), Regulatory Policy in Latin America: Post-Privatization Realities,North-SouthPressCenter at theUniversity ofMiami (with D. Martimort), pp 49-82
  42. “Reforming electricity in the Southern Cone”, in  Manzetti, L. ed. (2000), Regulatory Policy in Latin America: Post-Privatization Realities,North-SouthPressCenter at theUniversity ofMiami (with M. Rodriguez-Pardina), pp 171-188
  43. “Privatizing and Regulating Chile’s Utilities, 1974-2000: Successes, Failures and Outstanding Challenges”(1999) in Perry, G, and D. Leipiziger, Chile: Recent Policy Lessons and Emerging Challenges (with E. Bitran, L. Guasch and P. Serra), World Bank Publications, pp327-392
  44. Why Tax Incentives Don’t Promote Investment in Brazil”(1995) in A. Shah, ed., Fiscal Incentives for Investment and Innovation,OxfordUniversity Press (with V. Gaspar)
  45. “Does decentralization increase public infrastructure expenditure?” (1995), in Estache, A. Decentralizing Infrastructure: Advantages and Limitations, World Bank Discussion Paper No 290, (with S. Sinha) pp 63-80
  46. “Does decentralization improve infrastructure performance?” (1995), in Estache, A. Decentralizing Infrastructure: Advantages and Limitations, World Bank Discussion Paper No 290, (with F. Humplick) pp 81-97

Books

  1. Regulating public services: bridging the gap between theory and practice (2021), Cambridge University Press (with E. Auriol and C. Crampes), https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/regulating-public-services/0989A03A6331D8D431EE01CA5FD883F4#fndtn-information
  2. Shedding light on electricity utilities from the Middle East and North Africa region: Insights from a performance diagnostic (2017), World Bank Publications, (with D. Camos, R. Bacon and M. Mahgoub Hamid)
  3. Consequences of Corruption at the Sector Level and Implications for Economic Development (2015), OECD, Publication (with T. Søreide, J. Hallak, P.Le Billon, M. Poisson, V. Somville and T. Vian)
  4. Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (2014), Palgrave-Mac-Millan, New York (with Q. Wodon)
  5. The next generation of economic issues in energy policy in Europe (2013) (editor), CEPR, London
  6. Infrastructure and Employment Creation in the Middle East and North Africa (2013), World Bank (with E. Ianchovichina, I. Salomon and R. Bacon)
  7. Emerging Issues in Competition, Collusion and Regulation in Network Industries (2011) (editor) CEPR, London
  8. The Economics of Infrastructure Procurement: Theory and Evidence (2011), CEPR, London (with A. Iimi)
  9. La crise économique et financière : quelles conséquences?, (2011), Cifop, Charleroi  (with Sapir, A.,  Hubner, H. Pirotte, J-P. Platteau, H. Vandenbussche and J.F. Jusson)
  10. Stuck in the Middle: Is Fiscal Policy Failing the Middle Class?, (2009), Brookings Institution Publication, Washington, D.C. (co-edited with D. Leipziger)
  11. Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy in China’s Railways (2004), State Administration Institute Press (eds. with X. Zhang) (in Chinese)
  12. Financial Modeling of Regulatory Policy in Transport- A Course on CD-ROM, (2004) World Bank Institute (trilingual: English, French, Spanish)
  13. A Primer on Efficiency Measurement for Utilities and Transport Regulators, (2003) World Bank Institute Publications, Studies in Development Series (with T. Coelli, S. Perelman and L. Trujillo) (also published in Spanish)
  14. Financial Modeling of Regulatory Policy for Utilities- A Course on CD-ROM, (2002) World Bank Institute (trilingual: English, French, Spanish)
  15. Accounting for Poverty in Infrastructure Reform – Learning from Latin America’s Experience, (2002) World Bank Institute Publications, Studies in Development Series (with V. Foster and Q. Wodon) (also published in Chinese, Russian and Spanish)
  16. Regulatory Reform and Development of China’s Infrastructure Sectors (2002), State Administration Institute Press (eds. with X. Zhang) (in Chinese)
  17. Regulation and Competition in Network Industries (2000), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (with J.J. Laffont and X. Zhang) (in Chinese)
  18. Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructures: Guidelines for Policymakers and Regulators (2000), World Bank, World Bank Institute Publications, Studies in Development Series (co-editor with G. de Rus) (also published in Spanish)
  19. Decentralizing Infrastructure: Advantages and Limitations (1995), editor, World Bank Press
  20. World Development Report: Infrastructure for Development (1994), Oxford University Press (co-author as member of core producing team)

Recent Blogs

  1. “Financing the ecological transition in Sub-Saharan Africa”, February 5, 2024, with Claude Crampes (TSE), https://www.tse-fr.eu/debate-ecological-transition-sub-saharian-african-crampes-estache, also published in French in La Tribune (https://www.latribune.fr/opinions/tribunes/le-financement-de-la-transition-ecologique-en-afrique-subsaharienne-989346.html)
  2. “Sub-Saharan Africa and the challenges of global warming”, January 12, 2024, with Claude Crampes (TSE), https://www.tse-fr.eu/debate-cop28-energy-africa-global-warming-claudes-crampes-antonio-estache; also published in French La Tribune (L’Afrique sub-saharienne face aux défis du réchauffement climatique (latribune.fr))

Unpublished Recent Working Papers

  1. “Efficiency vs. Equity Concerns in Regulatory Sandboxes,” Working Papers ECARES 2023-12, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles (with C. Crampes)
  2. “Is Private Equity Good for Health? Regulation and Competition Policy Lessons from a Survey of the Evidence,” Working Papers ECARES 2023-01, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles (with A. Litaj)
  3. “When can Lotteries improve Public Procurement Processes?,” Working Papers ECARES 2022-22, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles.(with R. Foucart and T. Serebrisky)
  4. “Simplifying the Measure of Concentration from Common Ownership: A Note,” Working Papers ECARES 2022-19, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles (with M. Katte and C. Kieffer)
  5. “Does Common Ownership Influence the Financial Strategy of the French Pharmaceutical Firms?,” Working Papers ECARES 2021-09, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles. (with C. Kieffer)”
  6. “How does the Ownership of Electricity Distribution relate to Energy Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean ?,” Working Papers ECARES 2020-37, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles (with L. Bagnoli and S. Bertomeu)
  7. “Should Infrastructure Regulators regulate Dividends? Hints from a Literature Survey,” Working Papers ECARES 2019-18, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles (with S. Bertomeu)
  8.  “Corporate Income Taxes and (Un-)Employment in the OECD,” Working Papers ECARES 2019-11, ULB — Universite Libre de Bruxelles (with B. Kouevi Gath)
  9. “How “smart” are Latin American cities?”, ECARES Working Papers, 2018-05 (with M. De Halleux)
  10. “Infrastructure Affordability in Developed and Developing Economies: Rules of Thumbs and Evidence” ECARES Working Papers 2018-02 (with L. Bagnoli and S. Bertomeu)