Karine Van der Straeten March 2017 Curriculum Vitae Contact Toulouse School of Economics - IAST 21, allée de Brienne 31015 Toulouse Cedex 6 France Tel.: 33 5 61 12 86 03 Email: karine.van-der-straeten@tse-fr.eu Current position Toulouse School of Economics: Directrice de recherche CNRS, since 2013 Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse: Political Science Program Director, since 2012 Past positions Toulouse School of Economics: Chargée de recherche CNRS (2008-2013) Paris School of Economics: Chargée de recherche CNRS (2006-2008) and Associate Professor (2006-2010) Ecole Polytechnique: Chargée de recherche (2001-2005) and Associate Professor (2002-2008) Yale University: Visiting assistant professor and Cowles Foundation Research Fellow (fall 2001) Education Habilitation à diriger les recherches, University of Toulouse, 2010 PhD in Economics, Ecole Polytechnique, 2000 DEA, Analyse et Politique Economique, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1998 Diplôme d ingénieur, Ecole Polytechnique (Economics and Applied Mathematics), 1997 Publications Book Racism, xenophobia and distribution, A study of multi-issue politics in advanced democracies, 2007, Harvard University Press & Russell Sage Foundation Press (with W. Lee and J. Roemer). Edited book Voting Experiments, 2016, Springer (co-edited with A. Blais and J.-F. Laslier). Articles "Communicating on electoral platforms", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming (with G. Demange). "Addressing Europe s democratic deficit: An experimental evaluation of the pan-european district proposal", 2016, European Union Politics, Vol 17, Issue 4, pp. 525-545 (with A. Blais, D. Bol, S. Golder, P. Harfst, J.-F. Laslier, and L Stephenson). Strategic voting in multi-winner elections with approval balloting: A theory for large electorates, 2016, Social Choice and Welfare, 47: 559-587 (with J.-F. Laslier). The EuroVotePlus experiment, 2015, European Union Politics, Vol 16, Issue 4, pp. 601-615 (with A. Blais, D. Bol, S. Golder, P. Harfst, J.-F. Laslier, and L Stephenson). 1
Influence versus utility in the evaluation of voting rules: a new look at the Penrose formula, 2015, Public Choice, 165 (1), 103-122 (with M. Le Breton). Citizens preferences about voting rules: self-interest, ideology, and sincerity, 2015, Public Choice, 164 (3), 423-442 (with A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier and F. Poinas). To vote or to abstain? An experimental test of rational calculus in first past the post and PR elections 2014, Electoral Studies, 36, pp. 39-50 (with A. Blais, M. Heroux-Legault, J.-F. Laslier and J.-B. Pilet). The mechanical and psychological effects of electoral systems: An appraisal with experimental data, 2013, British Journal of Political Science, 43(4), pp. 937-944 (with A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier and N. Sauger). Vote Au Pluriel: How people vote when offered to vote under different rules?, 2013, PS: Political Science & Politics, 46(2), pp. 324-328 (with A. Blais and J.-F. Laslier). Ethnic diversity, public spending, and individual support for the welfare state: A review of the empirical literature, 2013, Journal of Economic Surveys, 27(2), pp. 364-389 (with H. Stichnoth). Alliances électorales entre deux tours de scrutin : le point de vue de la théorie des jeux coopératifs et une application aux élections régionales de mars 2010, 2013, Revue Economique, 64(2), pp. 173-240 (with M. Le Breton). Strategic vote choice in one round and two-round elections: an experimental study, 2011, Political Research Quarterly, 64 (3), pp. 637-645 (with A. Blais, S. Labbé St-Vincent, J.-F. Laslier and N. Sauger). Strategic, sincere and heuristic voting under four election rules: an experimental study, 2010, Social Choice and Welfare, 35, 435-472 (with A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier and N. Sauger). Immigration and natives attitudes towards the welfare state: Evidence from the European Social Survey, 2009, Social Indicators Research, 91, 345-370 (with C. Sénik and H. Stichnoth). Approval voting in the French 2002 presidential election: A live experiment, 2008, Experimental Economics, 11, 97-105 (with J.-F. Laslier). One-round vs. Two-round Elections: An Experimental Study, French Politics, 2007, 5, 278-286 (with A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier, A. Laurent and N. Sauger). Racism, xenophobia and distribution, 2006, Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 4, 446-454 (with W. Lee and J. Roemer). The political economy of xenophobia and distribution: The case of Denmark, 2006, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 108, 251-278 (with J. Roemer). Xenophobia and distribution in France : A politico-economic analysis, 2005, Journal of Economics, 86, 95-144 (with J. Roemer). Heterogeneity in reported well-being: Evidence from twelve European countries, 2005, The Economic Journal, 115, 118-132 (with A. Clark, F. Etilé, F. Postel-Vinay and C. Sénik). Politique sociale et immigration en France : une analyse des opinions et des comportements électoraux, 2005, Economie Publique, 16, 3-36 (with J. Roemer). 2
Vote par assentiment pendant la présidentielle 2002 : analyse d une expérience, 2004, Revue Française de Science Politique, 54, 99-130 (with J.-F. Laslier). Electoral competition, information and a strategic electorate, 2004, Economic Theory, 24, 419-446 (with J.-F. Laslier). Voting under ignorance of job skills of unemployed: the overtaxation bias, 2003, Journal of Public Economics, 87, 595-626 (with J.-F. Laslier and A. Trannoy). L importance des incitations financières dans l obtention d un emploi est-elle surestimée?, 2003, Economie and Prévision, 160-161, 49-78 (with C. Hagneré, N. Picard and A. Trannoy). Compétition électorale et impôt négatif : la trappe informationnelle à inactivité, 2003, Economie and Prévision, 156, 107-123. La prime pour l emploi est-elle optimale?, 2002, Economie Publique, 11, 15-45 (with C. Hagneré, N. Picard and A. Trannoy). A comparative study of two new approaches to estimate the vertical wind profile from aliased radial velocity, 2000, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 25, No 10-12, 1215-1220 (with P. Tabary and G. Scialom). Book Review A review of Dan Usher s The Economics of Voting. Studies of Self-interest, Bargaining, Duty and Rights, forthcoming, Journal of Economic Literature Book chapters Strategic voting in multi-winner elections with approval balloting: An application to the 2011 regional government election in Zurich, in The Many Faces of Strategic Voting, J. Aldrich, A. Blais and L. Stephenson ed. (with R. Lachat and J-F. Laslier). Measuring Perceptions of Candidate Viability in Voting Experiments, 2016, in Voting Experiments, A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier, and K. Van der Straeten (ed.), Springer (with S. Labbé St- Vincent, A. Blais, M. Foucault, J-F. Laslier, and N. Sauger). Patterns of strategic voting in run-off elections, 2016, in Voting Experiments, A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier, and K. Van der Straeten (ed.), Springer (with A. Blais and J-F. Laslier). Strategic Voting in the Laboratory, 2012, in B. Kittel, W. Luhan and R. Morton (ed.), Political Science: Principles and Practices, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 167-196 (with A. Blais, J.-F. Laslier and N. Sauger). Crise de la représentation politique en France: Comment réconcilier le peuple and ses élus?, 2010, in Economiques 2: 16 nouvelles questions d'économie contemporaine, D. Cohen and P. Askenazy (ed.), Paris : Albin Michel. La perception de la pauvreté et des inégalités : I. Enquêtes d opinion, 2009, in La pauvreté dans les pays riches, A. Leroux and P. Livet (éd.), Paris : Economica, pp. 209-224 (with J.-F. Laslier) La perception de la pauvreté et des inégalités : II. Economie expérimentale, 2009, in La pauvreté dans les pays riches, A. Leroux and P. Livet (éd.), Paris : Economica, pp. 225-242 (with J.- F. Laslier). 3
Professional involvement Editorial positions Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Political Science (2016- ) Editorial Board, American Political Science Review (2016- ) Associate Editor, Mathematical Social Sciences (2010-2016) Executive positions Deputy director of TSE-GREMAQ (2011-2013) Steering committees: Institute of Advanced Study in Toulouse (since 2011), Association Française de Science Economique (since 2012), European Political Economy Consortium (since 2015) Recruitment committee Sciences Po Paris, external member (2016); University of Lyon, external member (2016); University of Toulouse and Toulouse School of Economics (2009-2012); University of Cergy- Pontoise, external member (2011); University of Saint-Etienne, external member (2011); University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, external member (2002-2006) Reviewer American Economic Review American Political Science Review Annales d Economie et de Statistique B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics Econometrica Economics Bulletin Economic Theory Economie et Prévision Economie Publique European Economic Review European Union Politics Games and Economic Behavior German Economic Review International Economic Review International Journal of Game Theory Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Journal of Economics Journal of Economic Inequality Journal of Economic Psychology Journal of Economic Theory Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties Journal of the European Economic Association Journal of Mathematical Economics Journal of Public Economics Journal of Public Economic Theory Journal of Risk and Insurance Mathematical Social Sciences Political Science Research and Methods Review of Economic Studies Revue Economique Revue d Economie Politique Social Choice and Welfare Theory and Decision Research grants and awards 2014: Toulouse IDEX Grant, Project: Corruption Memory and Electoral Behavior in Paraguay, Main investigator: S. Straub (TSE) 2010: Agence Nationale de la Recherche Grant, Project Information and communication on large scale networks, Main investigator: G. Demange (Paris School of Economics) 2009: Research Council of Canada Grant, Project Making electoral democracy work, Main investigator: A. Blais (Université de Montreal) 2009: CNRS bronze medal 2005: Agence Nationale de la Recherche Grant, Project Individual preferences, economic behavior and cooperation, Main investigator: L. Arrondel (Paris School of Economics); Agence 4
Nationale de la Recherche Grant, Project CSES France: Organization of an electoral survey during the French 2007 legislative elections, Main investigator: N. Sauger (Sciences-Po Paris) 2002: Russell Sage Foundation Grant, Project The political economy of racism, xenophobia, and distribution, Main investigator: J. Roemer (Yale University) 2001: Cowles Foundation, Research Fellow; Best PhD dissertation award, Ecole Polytechnique Teaching Political Economy (Toulouse School of Economics, Master 2, since 2009) Microeconomics (Toulouse School of Economics, Master 2, 2009-2011) Experimental Economics (Paris School of Economics, Master 2, 2006-2009)) Theory of Collective Decision (Paris School of Economics, Master 2, 2006-2009) Public Economics (Yale University, PhD program, fall 2001) Microeconomics (Ecole Polytechnique, Undergraduate, 2002-2008) Born in Rennes, France, August 24, 1973 French citizen Married, three children Personal information 5