Nicoletta Berardi
Research Economist at the Companies Observatory
Current Position
Research Economist at the Companies Observatory, Chairwoman of the Financial Statement Analysis working group of the European Committee of Central Balance Sheet Data Offices
Previous Position
- Senior Economist at the ECB Directorate General Research
- Research Economist at the Microeconomic Analysis Unit of Banque de France
- Research Associate at the OECD Development Centre
- Short Term Consultant at the World Bank
Diplomas
- Data Scientist Certification, Ensae-Ensai Formation continue
- Accreditation to supervise research (HDR) in Economics, University Paris 1 Panthéon
- PhD in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics
- M.Sc. Economic Theory and Econometrics, Toulouse School of Economics
- B.Sc.Economics, Statistics and Social Sciences, Università Bocconi
Research Interest
Corporate Finance, Price Setting, Social Networks, Labor Economics, Development Economics
Contact
- nicoletta.berardi@banque-france.fr
- +33 (0)1 42 92 61 45
- Banque de France, DGSER-DE-OBSERDE, Paris, France
Academic Publications
Articles
- “The Elusive Law of One Retail Chain Price” (2023), Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 23(3), p.261-81
- “Joint Ownership of Production Projects as a Commitment Device against Interest Groups” (2020), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 176(3), p.572-594, avec P.Seabright
- “The Elasticity of Poverty with respect to Sectoral Growth in Africa” (2017), Review of Income and Wealth, 63, n. 1, p. 147-168, avec F. Marzo
- The Impact of a 'Soda Tax' on Prices: Evidence from French Micro Data (2016), Applied Economics, 48(41), pp. 3976-3994, avec P. Sevestre, M. Tépaut et A. Vigneron
- More Facts About Prices: France Before and During the Great Recession (2015), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 47(8), p. 1465-50, avec E. Gautier et H. Le Bihan
- Optimal Price Setting during a Currency Changeover: Theory and Evidence from French Restaurants” (2014), Applied Economics, 46(23), p.2766-2782, avec T. Eife & E. Gautier.
- Les ajustements individuels de prix à la consommation en France : de nouveaux résultats sur la période 2003-2011 (2013), Économie et Statistique, N°460-461, p. 1-31, avec E. Gautier et H. Le Bihan,
- Social Networks and Wages in Senegal’s Formal Sector (2013), IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2:3.
Others
- “Female business leaders: fewer credit applications, but not more rejections”, Eco Notepad 431, 2026, with B.Bureau
- “What are the gender-based differences when it comes to overindebtedness”, Eco Notepad 438, 2026, with C.Chenesseau, L.Lalouette, S.Zignago
- “Women-led firms' Access to Bank Credit”, Banque de France Working Papers 1024, 2025, with B.Bureau
- “Women's access to business leadership: progress has been made but obstacles persist”, Eco Notepad 394, 2025, with B.Bureau
- “The proportion of female business leaders is gradually increasing in France”, Bulletin de la Banque de France 257 (1), 2025, with B.Bureau
- “Raising Prices While Struggling: Firms’ Financial Constraints and Price Setting”, SUERF Policy Brief 984, 2024
- “Do firms’ financial constraints affect their price setting?”, Eco Notepad 364, 2024
- “Raising Prices While Struggling: Financial Constraints and Price Setting of Non-Financial Firms”, Banque de France Working Papers 942, 2024
- “Joint Ownership of Production Projects as a Commitment Device against Interest Groups”, SUERF Policy Brief 507, 2023, with P.Seabright
- “The resilience of French SMEs two years into the Covid crisis”, Eco Notepad 283, 2022, with B.Bureau and F.Delamarre
- “Everyday Regular Prices”, Banque de France Working Papers 746, 2020, with F.Ravenna and M.Samano
- “Overindebtedness, women and single parenthood”, Eco Notepad de la Banque de France 154, 2020, with G.Gaulier, S.Zignago. F.Monteil, D.Nivat
- “Professional Network and their Coevolution with Executives Career”, Banque de France Working Papers 723, 2019, with M.Lalanne and P.Seabright
- “Overindebtedness and women”, Bulletin de la Banque de France 224 (3), 2019, with G.Gaulier, S.Zignago. F.Monteil, D.Nivat,
- “Retail price dispersion in France”, Vox Column, 2018, with P.Sevestre
- “Is price dispersion a concern for French consumers?”, Rue de la Banque 54, 2018
- “Impact de la « taxe soda » sur les prix : le cas des données microéconomiques françaises”, Lettre de la recherche BdF Eco, 2017
- “The Determinants of Consumer Price Dispersion: Evidence from French Supermarkets”, The Econometrics of Multi-Dimensional Panels, Springer, 2017, p.427-499, with P.Sevestre, J.Thébault
- “Raising Prices While Struggling: Financial Constraints and Price Setting of Non-Financial Firms”, Banque de France Working Papers 942, 2024
- “Everyday Regular Prices”, Banque de France Working Papers 746, 2020, with F.Ravenna and M.Samano
- “Professional Network and their Coevolution with Executives Career”, Banque de France Working Papers 723, 2019, with M.Lalanne and P.Seabright
- “The Determinants of Consumer Price Dispersion: Evidence from French Supermarkets”, The Econometrics of Multi-Dimensional Panels, Springer, 2017, p.427-499, with P.Sevestre, J.Thébault