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Jean-Sébastien Fontaine
May 10, 2012
Morten Ravn (University College London)
Toulouse: TSE, May 7, 2012, 17:00–18:30, room AMPHI S
In the basic New Keynesian model in which the monetary authority operates a Taylor rule, multiple rational expectations equilibria arise, some of which display all the features of a liquidity trap. We show that a loss in confidence can set the economy on a deflationary path that eventually prevents...
Danny Campbell
Toulouse: TSE, May 7, 2012, 11:00–12:30, room AMPHI S
In this paper we utilise paradata relating to the response latency as a measure of the cognitive effort invested by respondents in self-administered online stated preference surveys. While the effects of response latency have been previously explored, this paper proposes a different approach....
Roberta Dessi (TSE), and Tomas Revilla (SEEM)
Toulouse: IAST, May 4, 2012, 14:00–15:30, room MS001
May 4, 2012, Paris
Anton Suvorov (CEFIR and New Economic School)
Toulouse: TSE, May 3, 2012, 15:30–17:00, room MF 323
Both psychologists and economists have argued that rewards often have hidden costs. One possible reason is that the principal may have incentives to offer higher rewards when she knows the task to be difficult. Our experiment tests if high rewards embody such bad news and if this is perceived by...
Fernanda Brollo (University of Alicante)
Toulouse: TSE, May 3, 2012, 11:00–12:30, room MF 323
This paper uses a rich dataset on Brazilian municipalities to study the ef- fect of women’s leadership on policy outcomes in close races. We provide evidence that female mayors provide better health outcomes (prenatal visits and percentage of premature births), attract more federal discre- tionary...
Evanston, USA: Northwestern University, May 3–4, 2012
Olivier Loisel
May 2, 2012
Linda Tesar (University of Michigan)
Toulouse: TSE, April 30, 2012, 17:00–18:30, room Amphi S
Why did Finland experience in 1991-93 the deepest recession observed in an industrialized country since the 1930s? Using a dynamic general equilibrium model with labor frictions, we argue the reason was the costly restructuring of the manufacturing sector and sharp increase in energy costs caused...
