Guy Numa

Visiting Assistant Professor
guy.numa@stonybrook.edu

Areas of Interest

History of Economic Thought, Industrial Organization, Economic Sociology, Economic History, Social Movements, Globalization, Caribbean Studies

 

Bio

Previously Guy Numa was an Arthur Sachs Research Fellow at Harvard University, an Assistant Professor at Université de Picardie (France), and he taught at Université Paris-Dauphine (France).

Professor Numa's domains of expertise span the areas of the History of Economic Thought, Industrial Organization, Economic Sociology, and Caribbean Studies. His forthcoming book on the regulation of the railroad industry drawn from his doctoral dissertation will be published by Éditions Garnier. In this book foreworded by Prof. Steven G. Medema from University of Colorado Denver, Guy Numa analyzes the interplay between economic theory and legislation. He unveils how economic analysis influenced the legislation of the railroad industry in France, Britain and the US. Reciprocally, Guy demonstrates how the legislation in these three nations stimulated the work of economic theorists. His research interests include Natural Monopoly, Agency Theory, Vertical Unbundling, along with the economics of Jules Dupuit and J. S. Mill. Some of his work has appeared in leading journals such as History of Political Economy, the Journal of the History of Economic Thought, and the European Journal for the History of Economic Thought.

Professor Numa also works on the economic development and social movements in the small island economies of the Caribbean. He co-authored the only book that examines the roots of the 2009 mass protest in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Recent Publications

 

Book:

Numa, G. (2012),Réglementations et concurrence dans les chemins de fer français 1823-1914, Paris: Éditions Classiques Garnier, forthcoming.

  
Journal Articles: 

Numa, G. (2012), “Dupuit and Walras on the Natural Monopolies in Transport Industries: What They Really Wrote and Meant”, History of Political Economy, 44(1): 69-95.

Numa, G. (2011), “On the Origins of Vertical Unbundling: the Case of the French Transportation Industry in the 19^th Century”, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, First published on May 31 (iFirst).

Numa, G. (2010), “Note sur le monopole naturel et le monopole pratique chez J. S. Mill”, Revue économique, 61(2): 341-52.

Numa, G. (2010) “Chemins de fer: les incertitudes de la libéralisation”, Alternatives économiques, (287): 68-9.

Numa, G. (2009), “Théorie de l’agence et concessions de chemins de fer français au 19^e siècle”, Revue d’économie industrielle, 125(March): 105-28.

 

Book Chapter:

Numa, G. (2009), “Les départements d’Outre-mer: des économies sous tutelle” in L. Laventure (ed.), La révolution antillaise, Paris: Eyrolles: 29-48.