Nicolas Djob Li Ngue Bikob
Economist · Research Fellow
CY Cergy Paris Université · THEMA, UMR CNRS 8184
Research fields
Public economics; optimal taxation; international economics; macroeconomics; monopolistic competition; inequality; computational economics.
Current position
Research Fellow in Economics
CY Cergy Paris Université · THEMA
Education
PhD in Economics
CY Cergy Paris Université
Taxation in a Globalized Economy: Resource Allocation, Monopolistic Competition, and Cross-Border Dynamics
Supervisor: Professor Pascal Belan
Master in Economic Analysis
CY Cergy Paris Université
Master in Applied Mathematics
University of Douala
Research
Working Papers
Fiscal Union Without Factor Union: Optimal VAT under Monopolistic Competition
Single-authored working paper. · PDF · Research page
Commodity Tax Principles, Firm Location, and Skilled-Wage Incidence under the Destination and Origin Principles
Single-authored working paper. Submitted to International Tax and Public Finance, 2026. · PDF · Research page
Ongoing Research
Monopolistic Competition in OLG Models: Efficiency and Inequality
Joint with Pascal Belan. Ongoing research. Draft available upon request.
Commodity Tax Principles, Iceberg Trade Costs, and Skilled-Wage Incidence
Joint with Anderson Vil and Usama Jamal. Ongoing research. Draft available upon request.
Teaching experience
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.