A CIRANO Associate Researcher and Fellow since 2005, David Masclet is Full Professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Rennes I. He is also Fellow of the Centre de recherche en économie et management (CREM), Vice Président and Founder Member of the Association française d'économie expérimentale (ASFEE) and Director of the Laboratoire d'expérimentation en économie et management (LABEX-EM), a research platform at the University of Rennes 1.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from Lumière University Lyon 2, he is a specialist in experimental economics applied to personnel and human resources economics. His work in public economics also focuses on public goods, tax evasion and the impact of taxation on labour supply.