Assistant Professor at Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) https://victorgay.netlify.app/https://bsky.app/profile/victorgayeco.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/victorgayeco.bsky.social/post/3mf7w6mfda22eIn a new paper with @evadavoine.bsky.social @enguehard.bsky.social & I. Kolesnikov, we build a historical GIS of a core fiscal institution in early modern France: the gabelle (salt tax). It generated up to 25% of tax revenue and sparked intense popular resistance. 👉 hal.science/hal-05501504 🧵1/719 Feb 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:2sunmx4e3o5ruutjxzswcyzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7w6mfda22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/victorgayeco.bsky.social/post/3mbqkh7fejs27Can state-building disrupt rather than stabilize society? Thrilled to have a new article in @apsrjournal.bsky.social w/ @mikealbertus.bsky.social showing that the expansion of state communication networks spurred rebellion for decades in France before the Revolution. 👉 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055425101342 🧵1/706 Jan 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:2sunmx4e3o5ruutjxzswcyzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqkh7fejs27https://bsky.app/profile/victorgayeco.bsky.social/post/3madtboc35s2jThere is growing interest in HPE about social conflict in the run-up to the French Revolution. In a new article at Data & Corpus, I describe the Jean Nicolas Database, a database of 8,516 rebellions in France (1661-1789) 👉Article: https://doi.org/10.46298/dc.15892 👉Database: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ANQXMQ 🧵1/619 Dec 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:2sunmx4e3o5ruutjxzswcyzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3madtboc35s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/victorgayeco.bsky.social/post/3m73plcbxts2pOne of the big puzzles in history is why the first demographic transition began in France, as early as 1789. With Paula Gobbi and Marc Goñi, we show that a key driver was the French Revolution and its inheritance reforms. Now forthcoming at JPE 👉 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739821 🧵 (1/9)03 Dec 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:2sunmx4e3o5ruutjxzswcyzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73plcbxts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/victorgayeco.bsky.social/post/3m5l4h2eaqs26Reminder: the deadline to apply to the conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective" is tomorrow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Nov 2025 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:2sunmx4e3o5ruutjxzswcyzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5l4h2eaqs26https://bsky.app/profile/victorgayeco.bsky.social/post/3lzuzukwkqs27Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective," May 26-27 in Toulouse @tse-fr.eu Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered. Please apply! Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.28 Sep 2025 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:2sunmx4e3o5ruutjxzswcyzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzuzukwkqs27