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Raouf Boucekkine, Fabien Prieur, and Klarizze Puzon
vol. 85, June 2016, pp. 188–207
We consider a resource-dependent economy initially ruled by the elite. The transition from the autocratic to a more democratic regime takes place only if the citizens decide to revolt against the elite. The occurrence of a revolution primarily depends on the autocratic regime vulnerability and the...
Xavier Irz, Pascal Leroy, Vincent Réquillart, and Louis-Georges Soler
vol. 11, n. 6, June 2016
Convenience, taste, and prices are the main determinants of food choices. Complying with dietary recommendations therefore imposes a “taste cost” on consumers, potentially hindering adoption of those recommendations. The study presents and applies a new methodology, based on economic theory, to...
Simone Cuiabano, Luiz Alberto Esteves, and Dimas Mateus Fazio
Frédéric Jenny, and Yannis Katsoulacos (eds.), Springer, June 2016, pp. 349–361
This chapter presents empirical evidence resulted from the application of Hypothetical Monopoly Test—SSNIP to the Brazilian market of readymade meals by the Department of Economic Studies of the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE). The firm-level data was taken, and the SSNIP test was applied to...
Maria A. García-Valiñas, S. Kurz, and Vera Zaporozhets
vol. 43, June 2016, pp. 57–70
We examine the determinants of the EU budget expenditures allocation among different countries. Following previous literature, we consider two alternative explanations for the EU budget distribution: political power vs. 'needs view'. Taking the original data set (1976-2001) from Kauppi and Widgren...
Stefan Ambec, and Lars Ehlers
vol. 126, n. 593, June 2016, pp. 884–906
We consider the problem of regulating an economy with environmental pollution. We examine the distributional impact of the polluter-pays principle which requires that any agent compensates all other agents for the damages caused by his or her (pollution) emissions. With constant marginal damages we...
Marion Desquilbet, and Markus Hermann
Ottawa, vol. 64, n. 2, June 2016, pp. 253–288
We examine the optimal time-variant refuge policy to manage pest resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops in a finite, discrete-time horizon model. We identify analytically the intertemporal effects of refuge fields on the pest population and its susceptibility. The shape of the optimal...
David Bardey, and Giancarlo Buitrago
n. 77, June 2016, pp. 231–262
Patrick Fève, and Mario Pietrunti
vol. 85, June 2016, pp. 144–164
This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy in a setting in which private agents receive noisy signals about future shocks to government expenditures. We show how to empirically identify the relative weight of news and noise shocks to government spending and compute the level...
Ernesto Pasten, and Raphael Schoenle
vol. 80, June 2016, pp. 1–16
Jean-François Bonnefon, Iyad Rahwan, and Azim Shariff
vol. 352, n. 6293, June 2016, pp. 1573–1576
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) should reduce traffic accidents, but they will sometimes have to choose between two evils, such as running over pedestrians or sacrificing themselves and their passenger to save the pedestrians. Defining the algorithms that will help AVs make these moral decisions is a...
