Biography

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I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Université Laval. My research interests lie in the fields of Econometrics, Social Interactions, and Applied Microeconomics.

Before joining the Department of Economics at Université Laval, I was an Assistant Professor at CY Cergy Paris Université from 2021 to 2025. I hold a PhD in Economics from Université Laval in 2021, an engineering degree in Economics and Statistics from ENSAE Dakar (Senegal) in 2016, and a Bachelor's degree in Statistics from the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) in 2013.

• Contact: ahoundetoungan@ecn.ulaval.ca
  
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News

• Working Paper Update: Count Data Models with Heterogeneous Peer Effects under Rational Expectations (November 2025) – R&R, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2nd Round [arxiv] [R Package]

• The paper "Estimating Peer Effects using Partial Network Data" is accepted for publication in the Review of Economics and Statistics.

• I will visit Washington University in St. Louis from 20 to 25 October 2025, hosted by Ismael Mourifié.

• New Working Paper: Quantile Peer Effect Models (May 2025). [arxiv] [R Package] [Vignette]

• The paper "Healthcare Quality by Specialists Under a Mixed Compensation System: An Empirical Analysis" is accepted for publication in Health Economics.

• Working Paper Update: Identifying Peer Effects in Networks with Unobserved Effort and Isolated Students - with Cristelle Kouame and Michael Vlassopoulos (May 2024). [arxiv] [Replication Code]