I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Public & International Affairs at Dalhousie University, with a cross-appointment at the Schulich School of Law. My research primarily focuses on Applied Empirical Microeconomics (principally Law and Economics, Labour Economics, Health Economics, Family Economics, Economic History), applying empirical and theoretical economic analysis to policy-relevant issues. I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Toronto. I am also a lawyer in good standing (Law Society of Ontario) and have held visiting appointments at numerous international institutions, including UC Berkeley and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


Curriculum vitae



(1) 902 494 1097


Department of Public & International Affairs

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie Faculty of Management
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Ave, PO BOX 15000,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4R2
1.902.494.2582



Publications


Peer reviewed


A Tale of Two Studies: Revisiting the Unintended Effects of Staggered Legal Changes


Stéphane Mechoulan, Juan Pantano, Isaac Rosenthal

Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 54(2), 2025, pp. 519-575


Analyse par approches multiples des conséquences des émeutes françaises de 2005 : une présentation


Stéphane Mechoulan

Sécurité Globale , vol. 23(4), 2020, 149-152 (Reprint of JEBO paper in part and in translation)


Civil Unrest, Emergency Powers, and Opportunism: a Mixed Methods Analysis of the 2005 French Riots


Stéphane Mechoulan

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 177, 2020, pp. 305-326


The European Case against the Face-Veil


Stéphane Mechoulan

International Journal of Constitutional Law, vol. 16(4), 2018, pp. 1267-1292


Assessing Racial Disparities in Parole Release


Stéphane Mechoulan, Nicolas Sahuguet

Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 44(1), 2015, pp. 39-74


Intra-household Allocation of Family Resources and Birth Order: Evidence from France using Siblings Data


Stéphane Mechoulan, Charles-François Wolff

Journal of Population Economics, vol. 28(4), 2015, pp. 937-964


Economic Efficiency and Incentives for R&D into Developing World Diseases


Anupam Jena, Stéphane Mechoulan, Tomas Philipson

Forum for Health Economics and Policy, vol. 16(1), 2013, pp. 83-100


The External Effects of Black-male Incarceration on Black Females


Stéphane Méchoulan

Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 29(1), 2011, pp. 1-35 (lead article)


Altruism and Innovation in Health Care


Anupam Jena, Stéphane Mechoulan, Tomas Philipson

Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 53(3), 2010, pp. 497-518


Market Structure and Communicable Diseases


Mechoulan Stéphane

Canadian Journal of Economics 40(2): 468-492, vol. 40(2), 2007, 468-492 (awarded Mundell Prize)


Risky Sexual Behavior, Testing and HIV Treatments


Stéphane Mechoulan

Forum for Health Economics and Policy, vol. 10(2), 2007, Article 5 (50 pages)


Divorce Laws and the Structure of the American Family


Stéphane Mechoulan

Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 35(1), 2006, pp. 143-174


Economic Theory's Stance on No-Fault Divorce


Stéphane Mechoulan

Review of Economics of the Household, vol. 3(3), 2005, pp. 337-359


HIV Testing: a Trojan Horse?


Stéphane Mechoulan

Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 4(1), 2004, pp. 883-899


The Expulsion of the Jews from France in 1306: a Modern Fiscal Analysis


Stéphane Mechoulan

Journal of European Economic History, vol. 33(3), 2004, pp. 555-584



Non-peer reviewed


France Bans the Veil: what French Republicanism Has to Say about It


Stéphane Mechoulan

Boston University International Law Journal, vol. 35, 2017, pp. 223-284 (lead article)


Book chapters


Altruism and Innovation in Health Care


Anupam Jena, Stéphane Mechoulan, Tomas Philipson

Critical Concepts in Intellectual Property Law, Shubha Ghosh, Series editor: Robert P. Merges, Edward Elgar,, 2017, (reprint of original journal article cited below)


L’expulsion des Juifs de France en 1306 : proposition d’analyse contemporaine sous l’angle fiscal


Stéphane Mechoulan

Comité pour l'Histoire Économique et Financière de la France, J. Kerhervé P. Contamine, (translation in French of the original journal article cited), 2007, pp. 199-226


Divorce Laws and the Structure of the American Family


Stéphane Mechoulan

Economics of Family Law, Margaret F. Brinig, Economic Approaches to Law, R. A. Posner and F. Parisi eds., Edward Elgar, UK (reprint of original journal article), 2007


Working papers


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