Publications and communications of Axel Gautier

Scientific outputs

Articles in scientific journals with peer reviewing verified by ORBi or included in HEC journal guide

Gautier, A., Nsabimana, R., & Walheer, B. (June 2023). Quality performance gaps and minimal electricity losses in East Africa. Utilities Policy, 82, 101558. doi:10.1016/j.jup.2023.101558

Gautier, A., & Salem, I. (2023). The impact of prices and pricing units on residual and organic waste: Evidence from Wallonia, Belgium. Waste Management, 155, 99-106. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2022.10.027

Gautier, A. (2022). Électricité : est-il possible de contenir la hausse des prix ? Regards Economiques.

Bougette, P., Gautier, A., & Marty, F. (2022). Business Models and Incentives: For an Effects-Based Approach of Self-Preferencing? Journal of European Competition Law and Practice. doi:10.1093/jeclap/lpac005

Salem, I., & Gautier, A. (November 2021). L'effet des prix et des systèmes de tarification sur les quantités de déchets résidentiels : le cas de la Wallonie. Revue Economique, 72, 1023 - 1053. doi:10.3917/reco.726.1023

Boccard, N., & Gautier, A. (August 2021). Solar Rebound: The unintended consequences of subsidies. Energy Economics, 100. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105334

Gautier, A., & Lamesch, J. (March 2021). Mergers in the Digital Economy. Information Economics and Policy, 54. doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2020.100890

Manuel de Villena Millan, M., Gautier, A., Ernst, D., Glavic, M., & Fonteneau, R. (March 2021). Modelling and Assessing the Impact of the DSO Remuneration Strategy on its Interaction with Electricity Users. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 126 (Part A), 106585. doi:10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.106585

Bougette, P., Gautier, A., & Marty, F. (2021). Which access to which assets for an effective liberalization of the rail sector. Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 22 (2), 87-110. doi:10.1177/17835917211012326

Gautier, A., Jacqmin, J., & Poudou, J.-C. (2021). Optimal grid tariffs with heterogeneous prosumers. Utilities Policy, 68. doi:10.1016/j.jup.2020.101140

Manuel de Villena Millan, M., Jacqmin, J., Fonteneau, R., Gautier, A., & Ernst, D. (2021). Network tariffs and the integration of prosumers: the Case of Wallonia. Energy Policy, 150. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112065

Gautier, A., Ittoo, A., & Van Cleynenbreugel, P. (July 2020). AI algorithms, price discrimination and collusion: a technological, economic and legal perspective. European Journal of Law and Economics, 50 (3), 405-435. doi:10.1007/s10657-020-09662-6

Gautier, A., & Jacqmin, J. (2020). PV adoption: the role of distribution tariffs under net metering. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 57, 53–73. doi:10.1007/s11149-019-09397-6

Gautier, A., & Somogyi, R. (2020). Prioritization vs zero-rating: Discrimination on the internet. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 73, 1-24. doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2020.102662

Boccard, N., & Gautier, A. (July 2019). Certificats verts ou prime de rachat ? Évolution du marché des certificats verts en Wallonie. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, 57 (1-2), 163-171. doi:10.3917/rpve.581.0163

Bulkaert, J., & Gautier, A. (March 2019). Standards et concurrence dans les technologies de communication. Annales des mines, 5, 31-36.

Gautier, A., & Jacqmin, J. (March 2019). Une nouvelle tarification des réseaux pour favoriser la transition énergétique. Regards Economiques, 145.

Manuel de Villena Millan, M., Fonteneau, R., Gautier, A., & Ernst, D. (March 2019). Evaluating the Evolution of Distribution Networks under Different Regulatory Frameworks with Multi-Agent Modelling. Energies, 12 (7), 1-15. doi:10.3390/en12071203

Gautier, A., Hoet, B., Jacqmin, J., & Van Driessche, S. (2019). Self-consumption choice of residential PV owners under net-metering. Energy Policy, 128, 648-653. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.055

Gautier, A., & Petit, N. (2019). Smallest Salable Patent Practicing Unit and Component Licensing: Why $1is not $1. Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 15 (1), 690-717. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2954592

Gautier, A., Jacqmin, J., & Poudou, J.-C. (2018). The prosumers and the grid. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 53, 100-126. doi:10.1007/s11149-018-9350-5

Gautier, A., & Petit, N. (2018). Optimal enforcement of competition policy: the commitments procedure under uncertainty. European Journal of Law and Economics, 45 (2), 195-224. doi:10.1007/s10657-018-9578-7

Agrell, P., & Gautier, A. (July 2017). A Theory of Soft Capture. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 119 (3), 571-596. doi:10.1111/sjoe.12171

Broos, S., & Gautier, A. (May 2017). The exclusion of competing one-way essential complements: implications for net neutrality. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 52, 358-392. doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.03.003

Bloch, F., & Gautier, A. (2017). Strategic bypass deterrence. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 52, 189-210. doi:10.1007/s11149-017-9337-7

Gautier, A., & Salem, I. (2016). La SNCB : prête pour la libéralisation totale du rail ? Regards Economiques.

Broos, S., Gautier, A., Marcos Ramos, J., & Petit, N. (2016). Analyse statistique des affaires d’ententes dans l’UE (2004-2014). Revue Economique. doi:10.3917/reco.hs01.0079

Agrell, P., & Gautier, A. (October 2015). Marchés énergétiques en transition : le cas de la Belgique. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, LIV (1-2), 5-6. doi:10.3917/rpve.541.0005

Boccard, N., & Gautier, A. (October 2015). Le coût de l'énergie verte en Wallonie 2003-2012. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, LIV (1-2), 71-85. doi:10.3917/rpve.541.0071

Gautier, A. (October 2015). Repenser la tarifaction de l'énergie. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, LIV (1-2), 175-184. doi:10.3917/rpve.541.0175

Broos, S., & Gautier, A. (2015). Not on my network! App exclusion and the net neutrality debate. LCII Policy Brief, (2015/1).

Gautier, A., & Poudou, J.-C. (2015). Reforming the Postal Universal Service. Review of Network Economics. doi:10.1515/rne-2015-0001

Gautier, A., & Petit, N. (2014). “Settle ‘em all”: Generalized Commitments and the Under and Over Enforcement of Antitrust Law. LCII Policy Brief, (2014/2).

Candelon, B., Gautier, A., & Petit, N. (January 2014). Market Power in the Credit Rating Industry: State of Play and Proposal for Reforms. CPI Antitrust Chronicle, 2.

Gautier, A., & Reginster, S. (2013). La collecte des déchets en Wallonie : organisation et performances. Regards Economiques, (106).

Coelli, T., Gautier, A., Perelman, S., & Saplacan-Pop, R. (February 2013). Estimating The Cost of Improving Quality in Electricity Distribution: A Parametric Distance Function Approach. Energy Policy, 53, 287-297. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.060

Gautier, A., & d'Alcantara, G. (2013). The postal sector as a vector of financial inclusion. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 84 (2), 119-137. doi:10.1111/apce.12006

Gautier, A., & Yvrande-Billon, A. (2013). Contract Renewal as an Incentive Device. An Application to the French Urban Public Transport Sector. Review of Economics and Institutions, 4 (Winter), 2. doi:10.5202/rei.v4i1.88

Gautier, A., & Wauthy, X. (2012). Competitively Neutral Universal Service Obligations. Information Economics and Policy, 24, 254-261. doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2012.04.001

de Streel, A., Gautier, A., & Wauthy, X. (September 2011). La régulation des industries de réseau en Belgique. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, L (3), 73-92. doi:10.3917/rpve.503.0073

Gautier, A., & Paolini, D. (September 2011). Universal Service Financing in Competitive Postal Markets: One Size Does Not Fit All. Review of Network Economics, 10 (3), 6. doi:10.2202/1446-9022.1227

Gautier, A., & Mizuno, K. (June 2011). Gradual Network Expansion and Universal Service Obligations. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 82 (2), 97-113. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8292.2011.00432.x

Gautier, A., & Wauthy, X. (September 2010). Price competition under universal service obligations. International Journal of Economic Theory, 6 (3), 311-326. doi:10.1111/j.1742-7363.2010.00137.x

Gautier, A., & Heider, F. (December 2009). The benefit and cost of winner-picking: Redistribution vs. Incentives. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 165 (4), 622-649. doi:10.1628/093245609789919603

Gautier, A., & Paolini, D. (28 October 2009). Delegation, externalities and organizational design. Economics Bulletin, 29 (4).

Gautier, A., & Mitra, M. (November 2008). Regulation of an Open Access Essential Facility. Economica, 75, 662-682. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00638.x

Bloch, F., & Gautier, A. (June 2008). Access Pricing and Entry in the Postal Sector. Review of Network Economics, 7 (2), 207-230.

Gautier, A. (June 2008). La libéralisation du secteur postal. Regards Economiques, 60.

Gautier, A., & Wauthy, X. (February 2007). Teaching versus research: A multi-tasking approach to multi-department universities. European Economic Review, 51 (2), 273-295. doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.02.006

Gautier, A., & Paolini, D. (2007). Delegation and Information Revelation. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 163, 574-597. doi:10.1628/093245607783243007

Gautier, A., & Mitra, M. (2006). Regulating a monopolist with limited funds. Economic Theory, 27, 705-718. doi:10.1007/s00199-004-0555-8

Gautier, A., & Hamadi, M. (2005). Internal Capital Market Efficiency of Belgian Holding Companies. Finance, 26 (2), 11-34. doi:10.3917/fina.262.0011

Gautier, A. (2004). Le rail belge s'ouvre à la concurrence. Peut-on tirer parti de l'expérience étrangère ? Regards Economiques.

Coppe, A., & Gautier, A. (2004). Régulation et concurrence dans le transport collectif urbain. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, 43 (4), 65-76. doi:10.3917/rpve.434.0065

Gautier, A. (2004). Regulation under Financial Constraints. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 75 (4), 645-656. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8292.2004.00266.x

Chapters in collective works

De Groote, O., Gautier, A., & Verboven, F. (2023). Financing green technologies: lessons from generous subsidy programs in Belgium. In E. Cantillon, Réussir la transition vers une économie zéro carbone (pp. 71-75). Charleroi, Belgium: Université Ouverte.

Gautier, A. (2017). La neutralité du net n'est pas neutre. In van Pottelsberghe, Bruno, Les enjeux de l’innovation : quelles politiques ? Quelles gouvernances ? (pp. 47-59). Université ouverte.

Copée, P., Gautier, A., & Lefevre, M. (2016). Promoting Competition at the Digital Age with an Application to Belgium. In M. Crew & T. Brennan (Eds.), The Future of the Postal Sector in a Digital World (pp. 137-151). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24454-9_10

Bouckaert, J., & Gautier, A. (2015). Current challenges in the regulation of utilities in Belgium. In E. Cantillon (Ed.), Economic regulation in today’s Belgium (pp. 6-25). Belgium: Re-Bel initiative.

Agrell, P., & Gautier, A. (2012). Rethinking Regulatory Capture. In J. Harrington & Y. Katsoulacos (Eds.), Recent Advances in the Analysis of Competition Policy and Regulation. Cheltenham,, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi:10.4337/9781781005699.00022

Bloch, F., & Gautier, A. (2008). Access, Bypass and Productivity Gains in Competitive Postal Markets. In M. Crew & P. Kleindorfer, Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector (pp. 125-135). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.

d'Alcantara, G., & Gautier, A. (2008). National Postal Strategies after a Full Postal Market Opening. In M. Crew & P. Kleindorfer, Competition and Regulation in the Postal and Delivery Sector (pp. 167-186). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.

Gautier, A., & Wauthy, X. (2008). Teaching versus Research: The Role of Internal Financing Rules in Multi-Department Universities. In M. Dewatripont, F. Thys-Clement, ... L. Wilkin, Higher education in a globalized world: Governance, competition and performance. Bruxelles, Belgium: Editions de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Gautier, A. (2007). Network financing with two-part and single tariffs. In R. Dewenter & J. Haucap, Access Pricing: Theory and Practice. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.

Gautier, A. (2006). Dynamics of Dowstream Entry in Postal Markets. In M. Crew & P. Kleindorfer (Eds.), Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector (pp. 71-88). Northampton (MA), United States: Edward Elgar.

Gautier, A., & Paolini, D. (2005). Information Acquisition in Repeated Relationships. In L. Pelzer (Ed.), New Developments in Macroeconomics Research (pp. 117-132). Nova Science.

Proceedings published in a book or a journal

Manuel de Villena Millan, M., Gautier, A., Fonteneau, R., & Ernst, D. (2018). A multi-agent system approach to model the interaction between distributed generation deployment and the grid. In Proc. of CIRED Workshop 2018.

Manuel de Villena Millan, M., Fonteneau, R., Gautier, A., & Ernst, D. (2018). Exploring Regulation Policies in Distribution Networks through a Multi-Agent Simulator. In Proceedings of YRS2018.

Eprint/Working paper

Gautier, A., Ittoo, A., & Van Cleynenbreugel, P. (2023). Pricing algorithms aren't colluding - Yet! ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/314305.

Balegamire Baraka, R., & Gautier, A. (2023). Pricing and sharing rules for energy communities. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/307592.

Gautier, A., Jacqmin, J., & Poudou, J.-C. (2023). The energy community and the grid. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/299338.

Gautier, A., Nsabimana, R., & Walheer, B. (2022). Quality performance gaps and minimal electricity losses in East Africa. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/261348.

Paseyro Mayol, J., Gautier, A., & Neysen, N. (2020). Industry 4.0: An empirical analysis of its adoption in Wallonia. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/251879.

De Groote, O., Gautier, A., & Verboven, F. (2020). The political economic of financing climate policy : evidence from the solar PV subsidy programs. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/254036.

Diverse speeches and writings

Other articles for a general audience

Gautier, A. (2018). La fin de l’Internet neutre. Regards économiques [Focus].

Gautier, A., & Neysen, N. (2018). Deliveroo perd elle les pédales. L'écho.

Gautier, A. (2016). Une nouvelle tarification des réseaux énergétiques. Le Vif. L'Express.

Gautier, A. (2015). Faut-il payer le train plus cher à l'heure de pointe ? Regards économiques (Focus).

Gautier, A. (2012). Vers un service universel 2.0? La Libre Belgique.

Conferences given outside the academic context

Gautier, A. (2018). Une nouvelle tarification des réseaux pour la transition énergétique [Paper presentation]. Actualités du solaire photovoltaïque et du stockage énergétique en Wallonie et en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Namur, Belgium.

Gautier, A. (2017). L'économie collaborative [Paper presentation]. Réunion du Conseil économique et social de Wallonie.

Gautier, A. (2016). Défi climatique: l'état et le marché [Paper presentation]. Sommet Wallon pour le climat.