Nicolas Djob Li Ngue Bikob
Economist · Research Fellow
CY Cergy Paris Université · THEMA, UMR CNRS 8184
Research fields
Public economics; optimal taxation; international economics; monopolistic competition; political economy; computational economics.
Current position
2025–
Research Fellow in Economics
CY Cergy Paris Université · THEMA
Education
2025
PhD in Economics
CY Cergy Paris Université
Taxation in a Globalized Economy: Resource Allocation, Monopolistic Competition, and Cross-Border Dynamics
Supervisor: Professor Pascal Belan
2020
Master in Economic Analysis
CY Cergy Paris Université
2018
Master in Applied Mathematics
University of Douala
Research
2026
Resource Allocation and Tariff Strategies: Rethinking VAT under Monopolistic Competition
Working paper.
2026
Commodity Tax Principles, Firm Location, and Skilled-Wage Incidence under the Destination and Origin Principles
Working paper.
2026
Monopolistic Competition in OLG Models: Efficiency and Inequality
Joint with Pascal Belan. Work in progress.
2025
Taxation in a Globalized Economy: Resource Allocation, Monopolistic Competition, and Cross-Border Dynamics
PhD thesis.
Teaching experience
2020–2025
CY Cergy Paris Université
- Macroeconomics I and II
- Microeconomics
- Mathematics and probability
- Cost–benefit analysis
Selected presentations
- THEMA research seminars
- Louis-André Gérard-Varet Conference in Public Economics (LAGV)
- International Institute of Public Finance Annual Congress (IIPF)
Methods and software
Economic theory, numerical optimization, calibration, econometrics and policy simulation. Python, R, Stata, MATLAB and GAMS.
Languages
French: fluent. English: professional working proficiency.