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Alexandre Tsybakov (ENSAE)
Toulouse: TSE, October 1, 2015, 11:00–12:30, room MS 001
Inhomogeneous random graph models encompass many network models such as stochastic block models and latent position models. In this paper, we study two estimators – the ordinary block constant least squares estimator, and its restricted version. We show that they satisfy oracle inequalities with...
Ishac Diwan (Harvard University)
Toulouse: TSE, October 1, 2015, 11:00–12:30, room MF 323
We take a new look at the relation between education and democracy. There is a well-known correlation between education and democracy. But there is a sizable and rising number of countries with medium to high levels of education and no democracy. We take a view that education policy can be an...
Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard University)
TSE, September 29, 2015, 17:00–18:30, room MS001
This paper derives optimal income tax and human capital policies in a dynamic life cycle model of labor supply and risky human capital formation. The wage is a function of both stochastic, persistent, and exogenous ``ability'' and endogenous human capital. Human capital is acquired throughout life...
Robert Miller (University of Pittsburg)
TSE, September 29, 2015, 15:30–17:00, room MS 001
In government procurement auctions, eligibility requirements are often imposed and, perhaps not surprisingly, contracts generally have a small number of participating bidders. To understand the effects of the restrictions of competition on the total cost of government procurement, we develop,...
Yuichi Yamamoto (University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)
Toulouse: TSE, September 29, 2015, 11:00–12:30, room MS 001
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Stefania D'Amico
September 29, 2015
Gabriel Weintraub (Columbia University)
TSE, September 28, 2015, 14:00–15:30, room MF323
In this paper we introduce a new computationally tractable framework for Ericson and Pakes (1995)-style dynamic oligopoly models that overcomes the computational complexity involved in computing Markov perfect equilibrium (MPE). First, we define a new equilibrium concept that we call moment-based...
Enrico Perotti
TSE, September 28, 2015, 12:30–14:00, room MF323
We analyze how a wealth shift to emerging countries may lead to instability in developed countries. Investors exposed to expropriation risk are willing to pay a safety premium to invest in countries with good property rights. Domestic intermediaries compete for such cheap funding by carving out...
Eva Raiber
TSE, September 28, 2015, 12:30–13:30, room MS003
Alberto Grillo (Toulouse School of Economics)
Toulouse: TSE, September 28, 2015, 09:30–10:30, room MF 323
An open question in the study of electoral participation is whether the knowledge that a particular candidate is likely to win an election is advantageous or disadvantageous for such candidate. Recently, the empirical and experimental political literature has found substantial evidence of a...
