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Hans-Peter Kohler (University of Pennsylvania)
Toulouse: IAST, December 10, 2015, 15:30–16:30, room MS001
Hannes Mueller (Institut d’Anàlisi Econòmica)
Toulouse: TSE, December 10, 2015, 11:00–12:30, room MF 323
This paper studies the consequences of predation for labor misallocation when firms can deploy guard labor as a means of protecting themselves. We build a simple theory and combine it with data for the 142 countries covered by the World Bank enterprise surveys which ask about firm-level experiences...
Laurent Miclo (Université Toulouse 3)
Toulouse: TSE, December 10, 2015, 11:00–12:30, room MS 003
Considérons un processus de Markov sur un ensemble fini qui contient un point absorbant. Sous l'hypothèse qu'en dehors de ce point le processus soit irréductible, la loi du processus à un instant donné conditionnée par la non-absorption, converge en temps grand vers une distribution quasi-...
Yassine Lefouili (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE & IAST, December 9, 2015, 12:30–13:30, room MS003
Isaac Baley (University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
TSE, December 8, 2015, 17:00–18:30, room MS 001
Arthur Fishman (Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
TSE, December 7, 2015, 14:00–15:30, room MF 323
We analyze the effect of a shared brand name, such as geographical names, on incentives of otherwise autonomous firms to establish a reputation for product quality. On the one hand, brand membership provides consumers with more information about past quality and therefore can motivate investment...
Jason Roderick Donaldson
TSE, December 7, 2015, 13:00–14:00, room MF 323
This paper develops a theory of banking that is rooted in the evolution of banks from warehouses of commodities and precious goods, which occurred even before the invention of coinage or fiat money. The theory helps to explain why modern banks offer warehousing (custodial and deposit-taking)...
Giorgia Piacentino
TSE, December 7, 2015, 12:00–13:00, room MF 323
The worst employment slumps tend to follow the largest expansions of household debt. In this paper, we theoretically investigate an amplification mechanism by which debt on household balance sheets distorts labor market search behavior, leading to deeper employment slumps. Using a competitive...
Emmanuel Todd (INED, Paris)
Toulouse: IAST, December 4, 2015, 11:30–12:30, room MS001
Andrea Pozzi (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
TSE, December 4, 2015, 11:00–12:30, room MS 003
We provide new evidence of the relationship between firm pricing and customer dynamics. We build and quantify a model where firms choose prices taking into account their effect on the evolution of their customer base, and customers face frictions to reallocate to other firms. The model accounts for...
