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Andrew Chesher (University college london)
TSE, April 2, 2019, 15:30–17:00, room MS 001
Structures admitted by models of processes in which discrete variables are simultaneously determined can deliver multiple, unique or no solutions depending on the values of parameters and realizations of unobserved and observed exogenous variables. Methods introduced in Chesher and Rosen (2017) are...
Martin Dumav (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Toulouse: TSE, April 2, 2019, 11:00–12:30, room MS 001
We analyze a moral hazard problem where both contracting parties have imprecise information (non-probabilistic uncertainty) about how actions translate to output. Agent has (weakly) more precise information than Principal, and both seek robust performance from a contract in relation to their...
Simon Mongey (University of Chicago)
TSE, April 1, 2019, 17:00–18:30, room MF 323
What are the welfare implications of labor market power? We provide an answer to this question in two steps: (1) develop a tractable quantitative, general equilibrium, oligopsony model of the labor market, (2) estimate key parameters using within-firm-states, acrossmarket differences in wage and...
Sebastian Fleitas (University of Leuven)
TSE, April 1, 2019, 14:00–15:30, room MS 001
When consumer choices have inertia, firms have incentives to use dynamic pricing by first reducing the price to build a large market share, and then by increasing prices. This strategy may reduce consumer welfare through increases in the prices for incumbents, while also changing the patterns of...
Jing Zeng
Toulouse, April 1, 2019, 12:30–14:00, room MF 323
Financing an investment off-balance sheet gives a bank the option, but not the obligation, to voluntarily support debt repayments using its on-balance sheet funds when the investment fails. Such exibility, which is absent with on-balance sheet funding, allows the bank to signal information about...
Salvatore Di Falco (Geneva University)
Toulouse: TSE, April 1, 2019, 11:00–12:15, room MS 003
We study the birth of non farming enterprise in the developing world. We test if such activities are led by skills or are an ex-post income smoothing device for uninsured households. We find that farmers become entrepreneurs in response to negative productivity shocks to farming, while credit...
Cynthia Doniger (Board of the Fed)
April 1, 2019, BDF Paris
I document a disparity in the cyclicality of the allocative wage{the labor costs considered when deciding to form or dissolve an employment relationship{across levels of educational attainment. Specically, workers with a bachelors degree or more exhibit an allocative wage that is highly pro-...
Emmanuel Petrakis (University of Crete)
Toulouse: TSE, March 29, 2019, 15:30–17:30, room Room MF 323
We endogenize the disclosure decision of vertical contracts under alternative contract types and upstream market structures. We consider that upstream supplier(s) and downstream firms bargain both over the contract terms and the disclosure regime. For a contract to remain secret, both negotiating...
Ola Olsson (University of Gothenburg)
Toulouse: IAST, March 29, 2019, 11:30–12:30, room MF323
What explains the origins and development of the first states around five thousand years ago? In this research, we focus on the role of weather shocks for early state development in a single region: ancient Egypt. We outline a dynamic extension of Carneiro's (1970) general model of environmental...
Clément Pellegrini (Université Paul Sabatier)
Toulouse: TSE, March 28, 2019, 11:00–12:15, room MS003
Dans cet exposé, je présenterai rapidement les principes mathématiques qui permettent de décrire la mécanique quantique. En particulier je décrirai les modèles probabilistes qui décrivent les résultats de mesure. Pour cela je m’appuierai sur un modèle concret, développé par Serge Haroche et son...
