We are soliciting manuscripts for a special issue of the Journal of the Economic Science Association. The special issue is in memory of Claude Montmarquette, professor of Economics, holder of the Bell-Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec chair in Experimental Economics at the Université de Montréal and a co-founder of CIRANO. Claude has been an ardent promoter of the use of behavioral economics and economic experiments for the design and evaluation of public policies, notably in the domain of education, public finance, and labor. 

Claude Montmarquette's work provides thoughtful examples of how experimental methods in the field, in the lab and in the society can provide powerful tools to design, evaluate and support innovative private and public policies. In this spirit we are seeking policy-oriented papers that extend and renew the existing experimental and behavioral literature as related to:

*    behavioral mechanism design

*    labor market policies related to job matching, career-building, incentives

*    education and training policies

*    innovation, competition policy and industrial organization

*    environmental policies in the face of climate change

*    nudging and paternalism

*    tax and insurance policies

*    experimental methods for policy evaluation

Submission

Original Papers for the special issue should include an experiment and must not exceed 5,000 words, including references, tables, figures and abstract. The submission deadline for papers to the special issue of the JESA is May 15, 2023.

Please note that in case you submit to JESA, you will need to submit your manuscript also via the JESA website and mention that you submit to the JESA special issue by choosing from a drop-down menu “SI: experiments for innovative policy-making” just before you submit the manuscript.

Please submit your manuscript as PDF file by email with the information below at CM@cirano.qc.ca 

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Submission to:

                O Only JESA special issue (please also submit directly via JESA and select “SI: experiments for innovative policy-making”)

Presenter’s name:

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We are looking very much forward to receiving your submissions!

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Sabine Kröger, Lionel Page, and Marie Claire Villeval.

Guest editors for the special issue.