Finance, Economics and Econometrics

Research Themes in Finance: 
Empirical corporate finance, sustainable finance, empirical banking, empirical asset pricing , corporate governance, asset management, mutual funds, market microstructure, behavioral finance, experimental finance, financial history, airline finance, household finance, fintech, corporate finance theory.

Research Themes in Economics:
Industrial organization, health economics, public economics, growth theory, environment and natural resources economics, digital economy, empirical industrial economics, conflict theory, political economy, transport and network industries.

Research Themes in Operations Research and Management:
Exact algorithms, decomposition methods, stochastic modelling, inventory management, scheduling, constraint programming, combinatorial optimization, metaheuristics, pricing and revenue management, online optimization, optimal stopping.

This lab comprises 29 permanent faculty members: 14 in Finance, 9 in Economics and 5 in Operations Research and Management. You will find below all information about the members of the lab, our past and future workshops and seminar series, and publications of the members of the lab.

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Pierre MELLA-BARRAL

Head of Finance, Economics and Econometrics research lab of TBS Education

3 Major Research Topics

Finance

Empirical Corporate finance
Asset Pricing
Corporate Governance
Risk Management
Mutual Funds
Market Microstructure
Experimental Finance
Behavioral Finance
Fintechs

Economics

Industrial Organization
Competition Policy
Environmental Economics
Contract Theory and Incentives
Regulation
Growth Theory
Operational Research

Econometrics

Financial Econometrics
Applied econometrics
Theoretical Econometrics

Events & News

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International AI Day – April 9, 2026

The Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence & Business Analytics is hosting International AI Day on Thursday, April 9. This year’s theme is “Generative AI in Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities” and the event will feature presentations and discussions with academic and industry experts on the topic.

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Research article — When Is CEO Activism Conducive to the Democratic Process?

This article complements the predominantly instrumentally oriented literature on CEO activism and contributes, more broadly, to the literature that explores the normative dimensions of corporate political involvement, as well as to a growing strand of research that draws on philosophical theory to inform business leaders’ ethical decision-making.

Seminars & Conferences

Publication

Partnerships & collaborations

• Europlace Institute of Finance
• Luxembourg for Finance
• French Institute of Directors (IFA)
• French National Research Agency (ANR)
• Airbus Group
• Altran
• Collaborations with: Toulouse School of Economics, Cass Business School, Purdue University, TUFT University, BI Norwegian Business school, University of Guelph, KU Leuven, ENAC, University of Nottingham, University of Bristol …
• ADEME (Agence de l’Environment pour la Maîtrise de l’Energie)

Archive

  • 2021

    • November 18, 2021 – Séminaire : Informational Hold-up by Venture Capital Syndicates – Pierre Mella-Barral, TBS Education. See the program ›
    • November 25, 2021 : Séminaire : A supply and demand approach to Equity pricing” – Laurent Calvet, EDHEC. See the program›
    • November 2, 2021 : Séminaire : Platform Liability and Innovation” Leonardo Madio, Padova University. See the program ›
    • December 9, 2021 : Séminaire : A time-expanded network reduction matheuristic for the logistics service network design problem” Simon Belières, TBS Education. See the program ›

    2019

    • June 20, 2019 –Workshop: “Market power and volatility in the airline industry ” with Philippe Gagnepain from Paris School of Economics – Université Paris 1
    • May 23, 2019 –Workshop : “Fighting Mobile Crime” with Giovanni Immordino from University of Naples Federico II
    • 4 April 2019 –Workshop : “Common Ownership and Market Entry: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry” with Albert Banal-Estañol, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    2018

    • 30 May 2018 – Corporate Governance Workshop: with Andriy Bodnaruk (University of Illinois at Chicago), Alex Edmans (London Business School), Andrey Golubov (University of Toronto), Gerard Hoberg (University of Southern California), Pierre Mella-Barral (TBS) and Konrad Raff (Norwegian School of Economics).
    • 3 May 2018 – Simeon Schudy (LMU Munich): “The Effect of Incentives in Non-RoutineAnalytical Team Tasks—Evidence from a Field Experiment.”

    2017

    • 15 June 2017 – Olivier GERGAUD (Kedge Business School): “Anchored in the Past:Persistent Price Effects of Obsolete Vineyard Rating in France.”

    2016

    • 5-9 September 2016 – 22nd International Conference “Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming.”
    • 1st September 2016 – Corporate Governance Workshop with Edith Ginglinger (Université ParisDauphine), Juan Pedro Gomez (IE Business School) and Debrah Meloso (TBS).
    • 30 June 2016 – Seminar “Finance et réseaux dans le long terme“ co-organized with IEP Toulouse.
    • 6 June 2016 – Benny Mantin (Université de Waterloo): “Measuring competitionintensity and product differentiation: evidence from the airline industry.
    • January 29, 2016 – Professor Nicolas Nalpas Memorial Conference

    2015

    • September 10-11, 2015 – Annual Congress of the FAERE.
    • June 25, 2015 – Ibolya SCHINDELE (BI Norwegian Business School):“In Lands of Foreign Currency Credit, Bank Lending Channels Run Through? “