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Jakob Hennig, and Milena J Petrova (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE & IAST, September 6, 2017, 12:30–13:30, room MS 003
Reputation systems are a cornerstone of internet commerce: they discipline seller behavior in a setting of one-time, anonymous interactions. When moral hazard is present, reputation systems incentivize sellers to exert effort by creating a link between reviews by past clients and demand by new...
Jean-Paul L'huillier
September 5, 2017
Olivier Deschenes (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Toulouse: TSE, September 4, 2017, 11:00–12:15, room MS 003
This paper reveals a stark inequality in the effect of ambient temperatures on death in human populations. Using district-level daily weather and annual mortality data from 1957 to 2000, we find that hot days lead to substantial increases in mortality in rural but not urban India. Despite being far...
Frédéric Boissay
July 6, 2017
Stéphanie Schmitt-Grohé
July 5, 2017
Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, July 5–7, 2017
Michael D. Bordo
July 4, 2017
Haresh Sapra
TSE, July 3, 2017, 12:30–14:00, room MF 323
We develop a model to study the trade-offs between principles-based vs. rules-based standards. By relying on quantifiable evidence, a rules-based standard induces evidence management whereas by relying on management’s professional judgement, a principles-based standard induces abuse of discretion....
Guillaume Vanderbroucke
June 29, 2017
Zhijun Chen (Monash University)
TSE & IAST, June 28, 2017, 12:30–13:30, room MS003
