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Ariane Bousquet
Research Associate

Ariane Bousquet is a post-doctoral researcher in Economics at CESAER (INRAE – Dijon), and a former PhD candidate in a public-private (CIFRE) contract between Centre for Economics of Paris-Saclay (CEPS) and Renault Group (Research department).

In February 2025, she defended her thesis “Essays on the evaluation of public policies for the decarbonization of the automobile fleet.”

She formerly graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris in 2021 and she has a masters degree in Environmental Economics from Paris-Saclay University (EEET).

Her research is at the cross-road of empirical IO and Environmental & Urban Economics. My research interests include:

  • New and used-car markets
  • Distributive effects of energy and environmental policies
  • Residential choices

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Ariane Bousquet
Research Associate
Greening the car fleet: demand characteristics, policy impacts & new product introduction
Working papers
Author(s) :
Ariane Bousquet

Globally, the transport sector is the second-largest source of CO2 emissions, with private road transportation accounting for the majority of these emissions. In this study, we use a structural model and a novel dataset of the French new and used car markets to estimate the determinants of private car demand and price sensitivity. Our findings...
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Evaluating second-hand EVs subsidies Efficiency and Welfare Gains
Working papers
Author(s) :
Ariane Bousquet, Juan-Pablo Montero, Maria-Eugenia Sanin

The recent inclusion of second-hand EV subsidies in several countries raises questions about their economic rationale. Contrary to conventional thinking, we show that while subsidies for second-hand EVs are often justified on equity grounds, they also improve efficiency as they influence the equilibrium composition of the vehicle fleet.
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Ariane Bousquet
Research Associate