Séminaire de Simon BRUNEL

Séminaire de Simon BRUNEL

Le 18 novembre 2025

Le prochain séminaire du GAINS aura lieu le 18 novembre 2025 de 10h30 à 12h00 en salle T204. 

Simon Bunel (Banque de France & École Normale Supérieure) présentera « Cultivating Productivity through Regulation: The Case of Pesticide Bans in France ».

Abstract: This paper examines the long-standing debate on regulation’s impact on productivity, technology adoption, and innovation using novel French agricultural data combining balance-sheet records, crop protection usage, and regulatory changes. The findings show that to minimize adverse productivity effects, regulation should only target inputs with available substitutes while encouraging preventive mitigation practices. When regulation bans inputs without substitutes, it causes short-term productivity losses that mitigation policies cannot offset but stimulates innovation in substitute products over the medium term. These results highlight the need for policies that balance short-term economic costs with long-term technological progress for optimal welfare outcomes.

Pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas venir en présentiel, voici un lien zoom:

https://univ-lemans-fr.zoom.us/j/97225979013?pwd=iiCp1ZtQea2gDQjLqi4rMyr0rmN2DH.1

Meeting ID: 972 2597 9013
Passcode: 836458