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ArgumentThe twelfth edition of the Journ&#233;es Louis-Andr&#233; G&#233;rard-Varet, Conference in Public Economics will take place in Aix en Provence (France), &#160;June 26-28, 2013. Launched in 2002, this yearly conference aims at encouraging production and diffusion of high quality research in public economics, with a special emphasis toward results that clearly contribute to shed light on various aspects of &#8220;real world &#8221; public decision making. In this sense, this conference is in the spirit of the project of developing the Institut d&#8217;Economie Publique (IDEP) to which Louis-Andr&#233; G&#233;rard -Varet devoted the last years of his life.The Journ&#233;es Louis-Andr&#233; G&#233;rard-Varet are open to all fields of public economics, both applied and theoretical. Are especially (but not exclusively) requested papers in the following categories of topics:Taxation (including transfers, social security, etc.)Local Public Economics and Geographical EconomicsFiscal FederalismProvision of Public GoodsExternalitiesPolitical EconomyAuctions and Public MarketsRegulation of FirmsLaw and EconomicsEnvironmentHealth EconomicsEducationNormative Foundation of Public Intervention and Social ChoiceEconomic InequalitiesMacroeconomic Policy and GrowthThe program will as usual consist in both contributed papers and three keynote lectures. The three keynote lectures will be given this year byProf. Abhijit Banerjee, MIT,Prof. Guido Tabellini, Universita&#8217; L. Bocconi,Prof. Hal Varian, University of Berkeley.Submission guidelinesThe contributed papers will be selected out of the submissions received. These submissions, which should at least take the form of a four pages abstract or, much preferably, of a version of the complete paper, must be receivedno later than&#160;March 15, 2013by the scientific committee.A decision will be communicated to submitters no later than April 8, 2013.May 7, 2013 Registration deadline for presenters.Submissions may be uploaded on the website&#160;http://www.afse-lagv.com&#160;Scientific CoordinationNicolas Gravel, Aix-Marseille Universit&#233;, AmseScientific CommitteeRobin Boadway, Queen&#8217;s UniversityRaouf Boucekkine, Aix-Marseille Universit&#233;, Universit&#233; de Louvain, AmseAlexandra Casella, Columbia UniversityPierre-Philippe Combes, Cnrs, AmseHelmuth Cremer, Toulouse School of EconomicsRussell Davidson, Universit&#233; McGill, Aix-Marseille Universit&#233;, AmseBrigitte Dormont, Universit&#233; Paris-Dauphine, Leda-LegosMarc Fleurbaey, Princeton UniversityThibault Gajdos, Cnrs, AmseCecilia Garcia-Penalosa, Cnrs, AmseDominique Henriet, Ecole centrale Marseille, AmseJean Hindriks, Universit&#233; Catholique de Louvain, CoreDidier Laussel, Aix-Marseille Universit&#233;, AmseMichel Le Breton, Toulouse School of EconomicsJean-Paul Moatti, Aix-Marseille Universit&#233;, AmseMichel Mougeot, Universit&#233; de Besan&#231;onPatrick Moyes, Cnrs, Gretha, Universit&#233; Montesquieu (Bordeaux IV)Pierre Pestieau, Universit&#233; de Li&#232;ge, CorePatrick Pintus, Aix-Marseille Universit&#233;, Institut Universitaire de France, AmseJean-Charles Rochet, University of Zurich, Toulouse School of EconomicsAlain Trannoy, EHESS, AmseMarie-Claire Villeval, Cnrs, GateTanguy Van Ypersele, Aix-Marseille Universit&#233;, Institut Universitaire de France, AmseLocal OrganizationIsabelle Mauduech, isabelle.mauduech@univ-amu.fr&#160;CommunicationYves Doazan, yves.doazan@univ-amu.fr&#160;