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Angela Sutan (LESSAC)
TSE, March 31, 2016, 15:30–16:45, room MF323
We conducted an experiment on the informational efficiency of the review process by analyzing the impact on consumer welfare of two types of reviewers, those who are “interested” and benefit from the sale of the product and those “disinterested”, who do not have a stake in the product. Our results...
Pauline Grosjean (University of New South Wales Australian School of Business)
Toulouse: TSE, March 31, 2016, 11:00–12:30, room MF 323
Data from the first post-Arab Spring elections reveal that support for Islamic parties came from richer districts and individuals. We develop a theory of political support for religious parties that explains this phenomenon. We predict that the probability that a voter supports a religious party (i...
TSE, Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, March 31 to April 1, 2016, room MS001
Jen Schradie (Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse)
TSE & IAST, March 30, 2016, 12:30–13:30, room MS003
Ananya Sen (Toulouse School of Economics)
Sebastian Findeisen (University of Mannheim)
Toulouse: TSE, March 30, 2016, 11:00–12:30, room MF 323
We study the optimal design of financial aid policies for college students. The model incorporates multidimensional heterogeneity, idiosyncratic risk and borrowing constraints. It matches key empirical results on college enrollment patterns, returns to education and enrollment elasticities. We find...
Koen Jochmans (Sciences Po, Paris)
TSE, March 29, 2016, 15:30–17:00, room MS 001
We consider point estimation and inference based on modifications of the profile likelihood in models for dyadic interactions between n agents featuring agent-specific parameters. This setup covers the β-model of network formation and generalizations thereof. The maximum-likelihood estimator of...
Timothy Van Zandt (INSEAD)
Toulouse: TSE, March 29, 2016, 11:00–12:30, room MS 001
In developed countries, consumers have little choice about health insurance. Options are restricted either by national health insurance programs or employer-provided group plans. An exception was the large number of households in the U.S. who weree not covered by group plans, but this changed with...
Timothy J. Richards (Arizona State University)
TSE, March 25, 2016, 11:00–12:30, room MS 003
Retailers often sell multiple products and set prices that differ from the prices available at rivals, creating multiproduct incentives for consumers to search. In this paper we consider how product variety affects consumer search intensity and the dispersion of prices in multi-product retail...
Timothy J. Richards
TSE, March 25, 2016, 11:00–12:15, room MS 003
