Article

Martimort, David and Sand-Zantman, Wilfried (2025) Media mergers in nested markets. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 34 (3). pp. 696-713.

Martimort, David and Pouyet, JérômeORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-1552 (2025) Why is exclusivity in broadcasting rights prevalent and why does simple regulation fail? RAND Journal of Economics. (In Press)

Martimort, David, Fleckinger, Pierre and Roux, Nicolas (2024) Should they compete or should they cooperate? the view of agency theory. Journal of Economic Literature, vol.62 (n°4). pp. 1589-1646.

Arve, Malin and Martimort, David (2024) Auctioning long-term projects under financial constraints. Review of Economic Studies, 92 (n°5).

Martimort, David, Pommey, Guillaume and Pouyet, Jérôme (2022) Optimal regulation design of airports: Investment incentives and impact of commercial services. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Vol. 164. pp. 25-44.

Fay, Marianne, Martimort, David and Straub, Stéphane (2021) Funding and financing infrastructure: the joint-use of public and private finance. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 150 (n° 102629).

Bardey, David, Gromb, Denis Emmanuel, Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2020) Controlling sellers who provide advice: regulation and competition. Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 68 (n° 3). pp. 409-444.

Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2020) Downstream Mergers in Vertically Related Markets with Capacity Constraints. International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol.72.

Martimort, David and Stole, Lars (2020) Nonlinear Pricing with Average-Price Bias. American Economic Review: Insights, vol.2 (n°3). pp. 375-396.

Martimort, David, Pouyet, Jérôme and Staropoli, Carine (2020) Use and Abuse of Regulated Prices in Electricity Markets : How to Regulate Regulated Prices ? Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, vol. 29 (n° 3). pp. 605-634.

Martimort, David and Perrin-Lefebvre, Karine (2020) “When Olson Meets Dahl”: From Inefficient Groups Formation to Inefficient Policy Making. Journal of Politics, vol.82 (n°3). pp. 1026-1043.

Martimort, David and Straub, Stéphane (2016) How to Design Infrastructure Contracts in a Warming World? A Critical Appraisal of Public-Private Partnerships. International Economic Review, vol. 57 (n° 1). pp. 61-88.

Martimort, David and Sand-Zantman, Wilfried (2016) A Mechanism Design Approach to Climate Agreements. Journal of the European Economic Association, 14 (3). pp. 669-718.

Martimort, David and Sand-Zantman, Wilfried (2014) Accords environnementaux : le marché peut-il réussir l’arbitrage entre incitations et participation ? Revue Économique, 65 (4). pp. 481-197.

Gagnepain, Philippe, Ivaldi, Marc and Martimort, David (2013) The Cost of Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from the Local Public Sector. American Economic Review, 103 (6). pp. 2352-2383.

Martimort, David and Sand-Zantman, Wilfried (2013) Solving the GlobalWarming Problem: Beyond Markets, Simple Mechanisms May Help! Canadian Journal Of Economics, 46 (2). pp. 361-378.

Biais, Bruno, Martimort, David and Rochet, Jean-Charles (2013) Corrigendum to "Competing mechanisms in a common value environment". Econometrica, 81 (1). pp. 393-406.

Bonnet, Céline, Dubois, Pierre, Martimort, David and Straub, Stéphane (2012) Empirical Evidence on Satisfaction with Privatization in Latin America. World Bank Economic Review, vol. 26 (n° 1). pp. 1-33.

Martimort, David, Poudou, Jean-Christophe and Sand-Zantman, Wilfried (2011) Contracting and Ideas Disclosure in the Innovation Process. The Annals of Economics and Statistics, 101. pp. 287-306.

Martimort, David and Moreira, Humberto (2010) Common Agency and Public Good Provision under Asymmetric Information. Theoretical Economics, 5 (2). pp. 159-213.

Martimort, David, Poudou, Jean-Christophe and Sand-Zantman, Wilfried (2010) Contracting for an Innovation under Bilateral Asymmetric Information. The Journal Of Industrial Economics, 58 (n°2). pp. 324-348.

Martimort, David and Piccolo, Salvatore (2010) The Strategic Value of Quantity Forcing Contracts. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2 (1). pp. 204-229.

Hiriart, Yolande, Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2010) The Public Management of Risk: Separating Ex Ante and Ex Post Monitors. Journal of Public Economics, 94. pp. 1008-1019.

Martimort, David and Straub, Stéphane (2009) Infrastructure Privatization and Changes in Corruption Patterns: The Roots of Public Discontent. Journal of Development Economics, 90 (n°1). pp. 69-84.

Gagnepain, Philippe, Ivaldi, Marc and Martimort, David (2009) Renégociation de contrats dans l'industrie du transport urbain. Revue Économique, 60 (4).

Martimort, David and Stole, Lars (2009) Selecting Equilibria in Common Agency Games. Journal of Economic Theory, vol.144 (n°2). pp. 604-634.

Martimort, David and Stole, Lars (2009) Market Participation under Delegated and Intrinsic Common Agency Games. RAND Journal of Economics.

Martimort, David and Semenov, Aggey (2008) The Informational Effects of Competition and Collusion in Legislative Politics. Journal of Public Economics, 92 (n°7). pp. 1541-1563.

Iossa, Elisabetta, Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2008) Partenariats public-privé: quelques réflexions. Revue économique, 59 (3). pp. 437-450.

Martimort, David and Semenov, Aggey (2008) Ideological Uncertainty and Lobbying Competition. Journal of Public Economics, 92. pp. 456-481.

Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2008) To Build or not to Build: Normative and Positive Theories of Public–Private Partnerships. International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol.26 (n°2). pp. 393-411.

Hiriart, Yolande, Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2008) The Regulator and the Judge : The Optimal Mix in the Control of Environmental Risk. Revue d'Economie Politique, 118 (n°8). p. 184.

Martimort, David and Semenov, Aggey (2007) The Pluralistic View of Politics: Asymmetric Lobbyists, Ideological Uncertainty and Political Entry. Economics Letters, vol.97 (n°2). pp. 155-161.

Khalil, Fahad, Martimort, David and Parigi, Bruno M. (2007) Monitoring a Common Agent: Implications for Financial Contracting. Journal of Economic Theory, 135 (n°1). pp. 35-67.

Martimort, David and Semenov, Aggey (2007) Political Biases in Lobbying under Asymmetric Information. Journal of the European Economic Association, vol.5 (n°2). pp. 614-623.

Martimort, David and Piccolo, Salvatore (2007) Resale Price Maintenance under Asymmetric Information. International Journal of Industrial Organization, vol.25 (n°2). pp. 315-339.

Gromb, Denis Emmanuel and Martimort, David (2007) Collusion and the Organization of Delegated Expertise. Journal of Economic Theory, vol.137 (n°1). pp. 271-299.

Martimort, David and Sand-Zantman, Wilfried (2006) Signaling and the Design of Delegated Management Contracts for Public Utilities. RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 37 (n° 4). pp. 763-782.

Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort, David (2006) The Benefits of Extended Liability. RAND Journal of Economics, 37 (2). pp. 562-582.

Martimort, David (2006) An Agency Perspective on the Costs and Benefits of Privatization. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 30 (1). pp. 5-44.

Martimort, David and Semenov, Aggey (2006) Continuity in Mechanism Design without Transfers. Economics Letters, 93 (2). pp. 182-189.

Martimort, David (2005) In Memoriam Jean-Jacques Laffont. Revue d'économie politique (n°3). pp. 265-268.

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine and Martimort, David (2005) Jean-Jacques Laffont et la théorie des incitations de groupes. Revue d'Economie Politique (n°3). pp. 349-371.

De Donder, Philippe, Martimort, David and De Villemeur, Étienne (2005) An Incomplete Contract Perspective on Public Good Provision. Journal of Economic Surveys, 19 (2). pp. 149-180.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (2005) The Design of Transnational Public Good Mechanisms for Developing Countries. Journal of Public Economics, 89 (2-3). pp. 159-196.

Martimort, David and Verdier, Thierry (2004) The Agency Cost of Internal Collusion and Schumpeterian Growth. Review of Economic Studies, 71 (4). pp. 1119-1141.

Dequiedt, Vianney and Martimort, David (2004) Delegated Monitoring versus Arm's-Length Contracting. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22 (n°7). pp. 951-981.

Hiriart, Yolande, Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2004) On the Optimal Use of Ex Ante Regulation and Ex Post Liability. Economics Letters, 84 (2). pp. 231-235.

Gabillon, Emmanuelle and Martimort, David (2004) The Benefits of Central Bank's Political Independence. European Economic Review, 48 (2). pp. 353-378.

Martimort, David and Verdier, Thierry (2003) From Inside the Growth Process. Journal of the European Economic Association, 1 (n°2-3). pp. 621-629.

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine, Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (2003) Collusion, Delegation and Supervision with Soft Information. Review of Economic Studies, 70 (2). pp. 253-280.

Martimort, David and Stole, Lars (2003) Contractual Externalities in Common Agency Games. Advances in Theoretical Economics, 3 (1).

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine and Martimort, David (2003) Regulatory Inertia. RAND Journal of Economics, 34 (3). pp. 413-438.

Martimort, David and Stole, Lars (2002) The Revelation and Delegation Principles in Common Agency. Econometrica, 70 (4). pp. 1659-1673.

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine, Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (2002) Risk Averse Supervisors and the Efficiency of Collusion. Contributions to Theoretical Economics, 2 (1).

Martimort, David (2001) Optimal Taxation and Strategic Budget Deficit Under Political Regime Switching. Review of Economic Studies, 68 (3). pp. 573-593.

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine and Martimort, David (2001) On Some Agency Costs of Intermediated Contracting. Economics Letters, 71 (1). pp. 75-82.

Biais, Bruno, Martimort, David and Rochet, Jean-Charles (2000) Competing Mechanisms in a Commun Value Environment. Econometrica, 68 (4). pp. 799-837.

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine, Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (2000) A Theory of Supervision with Endogenous Transaction Costs. Annals of Economics and Finance, 1. pp. 231-263.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (2000) Mechanism Design with Collusion and Correlation. Econometrica, 68 (2). pp. 309-342.

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine, Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (1999) The Endogenous Transaction Costs of Delegated Auditing. European Economic Review, 43 (4-6). pp. 1039-1048.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (1999) The Collusion-Proof Samuelson Conditions for Public Goods. Journal Of Public Economic Theory, 1 (4). pp. 399-438.

Martimort, David (1999) The Life Cycle of Regulatory Agencies : Dynamic Capture and Transaction Costs. Review of Economic Studies, 66. pp. 929-948.

Martimort, David (1999) Renegotiation Design with Multiple Regulators. Journal of Economic Theory, 88 (2). pp. 261-294.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (1999) Separation of Regulators against Collusive Behavior. RAND Journal of Economics, 30 (2). pp. 232-262.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (1998) Collusion and Delegation. RAND Journal of Economics, 29 (2). pp. 280-305.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (1998) Transaction Costs, Institution Design and the Separation of Powers. European Economic Review, 42. pp. 673-684.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (1997) Collusion Under Asymmetric Information. Econometrica, 65 (4). pp. 875-911.

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (1997) The Firm as a Multicontract Organization. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 6 (2). pp. 201-234.

Brainard, Lael S. and Martimort, David (1997) Strategic Trade Policy for Uninformed Policy Makers. Journal of International Economics, 42. pp. 33-65.

Martimort, David (1997) A Theory of Bureaucratization Based on Reciprocity and Collusive Behavior. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 99 (4). pp. 555-579.

Martimort, David (1996) Exclusive Dealing, Common Agency and Multiprincipals Incentive Theory. RAND Journal of Economics, 27 (1). pp. 1-31.

Martimort, David (1996) The Multiprincipal Nature of the Government. European Economic Review, 40. pp. 673-685.

Brainard, Lael S. and Martimort, David (1996) Strategic Trade Policy Design with Asymmetric Information and Public Contracts. Review of Economic Studies, 63 (1). pp. 81-105.

Ivaldi, Marc and Martimort, David (1994) Competition under Nonlinear Pricing. The Annals of Economics and Statistics (34). pp. 71-114.

Martimort, David and Moreaux, Michel (1994) La Nouvelle Micro-Economie et l'Analyse du Secteur Agro-Alimentaire : Quelques Développements Récents. Cahiers d'Économie et Sociologie Rurales (32). pp. 41-71.

Martimort, David (1992) Multi-Principaux avec Anti-Sélection. The Annals of Economics and Statistics (28). pp. 1-38.

Book Section

Iossa, Elisabetta and Martimort, David (2011) The Theory of Incentives Applied to PPPs in the Transport Sector. In: Handbook of Transportation Economics Handbook of Transportation Economics. Chapter 29. pp. 684-707. ISBN 9781847202031

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine and Martimort, David (2007) Political Stabilization by an Independent Regulator. In: Political Economy of Antitrust Elsevier Science. pp. 383-416. ISBN 978-0-444-53093-6

Boyer, Marcel, Mahenc, Philippe and Moreaux, Michel (2006) Environmental Protection, Consumer Awarness, Product Characteristics and Market Power. In: Frontiers in the Economics of Environmental Regulation and Liability Boyer, Marcel, Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort, David (eds.) Ashgate Pub Co. Series “Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics” Chapter 5. pp. 121-145.

Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort, David (2006) Environmental Risk Regulation and Liability under Adverse Selection. In: Frontiers in the Economics of Environmental Regulation and Liability Ashgate Pub Co. Series “Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics” pp. 209-233. ISBN 978-0754642084

Boyer, Marcel, Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort, David (2006) Recent Developments on Regulation and Liability. In: Frontiers in the Economics of Environmental Regulation and Liability Ashgate Pub Co. Series “Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics” pp. 1-16. ISBN 978-0754642084

Salanié, François (2006) Regulating an Agent with Different Beliefs. In: Frontiers in the Economics of Environmental Regulation and Liability Boyer, Marcel, Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort, David (eds.) Ashgate Pub Co. Series “Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics” pp. 93-102.

Martimort, David (2006) Contract Theory. In: New Palgrave Arrow, Kenneth J., Blume, Lawrence E. and Durlauf, Steven N. (eds.) New Palgrave.

Monograph

Bouvard, Matthieu, Jullien, BrunoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5919-7835 and Martimort, David (2025) Economics of Procurement and Organizational Design: A review of selected literature. TSE Working Paper, n. 25-1667, Toulouse

Martimort, David and Stole, Lars (2024) Menu Auctions Under Asymmetric Information. TSE Working Paper, n. 24-1592, Toulouse

Bianchi, Milo, Martimort, David and Straub, Stéphane (2024) Interoperability and Quality Provision in Digital Payments. TSE Working Paper, n. 24-1587, Toulouse

Martimort, David and Pouyet, Jérôme (2024) Promotional Allowances : Loss Leading as an Incentive Device. TSE Working Paper, n. 24-1564, Toulouse

Guillouet, Louise and Martimort, David (2024) Acting in the darkness: towards some foundations for the precautionary principle. TSE Working Paper, n. 23-1411, Toulouse

Lefebvre, Perrin and Martimort, David (2023) Delegation, Capture and Endogenous Information Structures. TSE Working Paper, n. 23-1418, Toulouse

Lefebvre, Perrin and Martimort, David (2023) Reform for Sale : a Common Agency Model with Moral Hazard Frictions. TSE Working Paper, n. 23-1419, Toulouse

Fay, Marianne, Martimort, David and Straub, Stéphane (2018) Funding and financing infrastructure: the joint-use of public and private finance. TSE Working Paper, n. 18-927, Toulouse

Gagnepain, Philippe, Ivaldi, Marc and Martimort, David (2010) The Cost of Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from the Local Public Sector. TSE Working Paper, n. 10-190

Bontemps, Christian, Martimort, David, Roucolle, Chantal and Thomas, Alban (2009) Estimating Optimal Contracts under Delegated Management in the French Water Sector. LERNA Working Paper

Gromb, Denis Emmanuel and Martimort, David (2004) The Organization of Delegated Expertise. IDEI Working Paper, n. 284

Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort, David (2004) The Benefits of Extended Liability. IDEI Working Paper, n. 334

Martimort, David and Verdier, Thierry (2003) The Agency Cost of Internal Collusion and Schumpeterian Growth. IDEI Working Paper, n. 170

Martimort, David, De Donder, Philippe and De Villemeur, Étienne (2003) An Incomplete Contract Perspective on Public Good Provision. IDEI Working Paper, n. 212

Martimort, David and Stole, Lars (1999) Contractual Externalities and Common Agency Equilibria. IDEI Working Paper, n. 110

Martimort, David (1994) Exclusive Dealing, Common Agency and Multiprincipals Incentive Theory. IDEI Working Paper, n. 43

Martimort, David and Moreaux, Michel (1994) La Nouvelle Micro-Economie et l'Analyse du Secteur Agro-Alimentaire : Quelques Développements Récents. IDEI Working Paper, n. 35

Ivaldi, Marc and Martimort, David (1993) Competition under Nonlinear Pricing. IDEI Working Paper, n. 29

Martimort, David (1992) Multi-Principaux avec Anti-Sélection. IDEI Working Paper, n. 14

Book

Lefebvre, Perrin and Martimort, David (2023) Reform for Sale : A Common Agency Model with Moral Hazard Frictions. Cambridge University Press Cambridge ISBN 9781009285582

Boyer, Marcel, Hiriart, Yolande and Martimort, David, eds. (2006) Frontiers in the Economics of Environmental Regulation and Liability. Collection « Ashgate Studies in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics ». Ashgate Pub Co

Laffont, Jean-Jacques and Martimort, David (2001) The Theory of Incentives: The Principal-Agent Model. Princeton University Press ISBN 9780691091846