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Edouard Schaal (Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional)
TSE, October 1, 2018, 17:00–18:30, room MF 323
We study optimal transport networks in spatial equilibrium. We develop a framework con-sisting of a neoclassical trade model with labor mobility in which locations are arranged on agraph. Goods must be shipped through linked locations, and transport costs depend on con-gestion and on the...
Robert Clark (Queen Mary, University of London)
TSE, October 1, 2018, 14:00–15:30, room MS 001
In this paper, we study the auction process that the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) uses to resolve insolvent banks, and that typically loses money on each transaction. Bidders must bid on multiple components and the scoring rule that the FDIC uses to evaluate these different...
Arna Olafsson
TSE, October 1, 2018, 12:30–14:00, room MF 323
Standard economic theory suggests that high-interest, unsecured, short-term borrowing, e.g., via credit cards, helps individuals smooth consumption in the event of transitory income shocks. This paper shows that—on average—individuals do not use such borrowing to smooth consumption when they...
Bruno Lanz (University of Neuchâtel)
Toulouse: TSE, October 1, 2018, 11:00–12:15, room MS 003
Informational interventions to incentivize pro-environmental behavior (e.g. internalize externalities) are becoming increasingly popular and widespread. In this work, we study a novel sort of intervention that attempts to leverage our tendency to follow the norms prescribed by our self-perceived...
Glenn Loury (Brown University)
Toulouse: IAST, September 28, 2018, 11:30–12:30, room MF 323
We extend a model of 'stereotyping' by allowing agents to exert control over their perceived identities. The logic of individuals' identity choices induces a positive selection of the more talented individuals into a group with a superior reputation. Thus, the inequality deriving from the...
Paris, September 28, 2018, 08:30–12:30
Redmond, Washington, September 28–29, 2018
Toulouse: IAST, September 27, 2018, 18:00–20:00, Manufacture des Tabacs, Amphitheater MB1
This lecture will be a blend of informal social theory and personal memoir. Drawing on his published research over a period of four decades, but embellished with personal reflections from his life as a black American economist, Professor Glenn C. Loury will argue that the phenomena of collective...
Joan Monras (CEMFI, Madrid)
Toulouse: TSE, September 27, 2018, 11:00–12:30, room MS 003
This paper studies the legalization of 600,000 immigrants by the unexpectedly elected Spanish government following the terrorist attacks of 2004. We estimate that each legalized immigrant increased payroll-tax revenues by 4,801 euros. This takes into account both the direct impact of legalized...
Lei Xu
TSE & IAST, September 26, 2018, 12:30–13:30, room MS003
This paper studies the effect of network structure on technology adoption, in the setting of the Python programming language. A major release of Python, Python 3, provides more advanced but backward-incompatible features to Python 2. We model the dynamics of Python 3 adoption by package developers....
