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Charles F. Mason (University of Wyoming)
Toulouse: TSE, November 25, 2019, 11:00–12:15, room MS003
I model International climate agreements among asymmetric countries, each of whom must select a profile of CO2 emissions over time. Predictions from this model imply larger reductions by “large” countries, but larger proportional reductions by “small” countries. I then analyze experimental data...
Steven Mithen (University of Reading)
Toulouse: IAST, November 22, 2019, 11:30–12:30, room MS 001
The recent proliferation of types of humans known from the fossil record has made the question of why only one species survives today especially intriguing. In this talk I will return to the much debated question of the cognitive differences between Homo sapiens and all other members of Homo,...
David Haziza (Université de Montréal)
Toulouse: TSE, November 21, 2019, 11:00–12:15, room MS003
Every time data are collected, it is virtually certain that we will face the problem of missing data. Missing data are undesirable because they make estimates vulnerable to nonresponse bias. In surveys, it is customary to distinguish unit nonresponse from item nonresponse. The former occurs when no...
Nestor Duch-Brown (European Commission - JRC)
TSE & IAST, November 20, 2019, 12:30–13:30, room MS003
Annette Broocks (European Commission)
TSE & IAST, November 20, 2019, 12:30–13:30, MS003 - S Building
This study evaluates the impact of booking channel availability and price setting on demand patterns and welfare for hotel rooms in the EU. We estimate a one-level nested logit demand model for hotel room nights which includes three different quality segments as nests. We find in an counterfactual...
Xun Tang (Rice University, Houston)
TSE, November 19, 2019, 15:30–16:50, room MS 001
We propose several tests for multiple equilibria in static and dynamic discrete games with incomplete information where agents' private information are correlated conditional on observable states. First, in static Bayesian games, we propose a test that exploits a concept of "adjacent games'', or...
Timo Boppart (IIES, Stockholm University)
TSE, November 19, 2019, 14:00–15:30, room MS001
The development process is characterized by drastic structural change away from agriculture. We construct a two-sector neoclassical general-equilibrium model aimed at evaluating the roots of this transformation. We collect data from a large cross-section of countries and use it to construct the key...
Harry Di Pei (Northwestern University)
Toulouse: TSE, November 19, 2019, 11:00–12:30, room MS001
I introduce a reputation model in which all types of the reputation-building player are facing lack-ofcommitment problems. I study a repeated trust game in which a patient player (e.g., a seller) wants to win the trust of some myopic opponents (e.g., buyers) but can strictly benefit from betraying...
Francesco D'Acunto
Toulouse, November 18, 2019, 12:30–14:00, room MS001
Jan Abrell (Zurich University)
Toulouse: TSE, November 18, 2019, 11:00–12:15, room MS003
Carbon taxes are commonly seen as a rational policy response to climate change, but little is known about their performance from an ex-post perspective. This paper analyzes the emissions and cost impacts of the UK CPS, a carbon tax levied on all fossil-fired power plants. To overcome the problem of...
