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Georges Casamatta

Toronto, vol. 56, n. 3, August 2023, pp. 919–939

I determine the optimal income tax schedule when individuals both choose endogenously their labour supply and have the possibility of avoiding paying taxes. Considering a convex concealment cost function, I propose a formula for the optimal marginal tax rate, that generalizes the formula of the...

Péter Bayer, and Jeffrey West

August 2023

Evolutionary game theory has been highly valuable in studying frequency-dependent selection and growth between competing cancer phenotypes. We study the connection between the type of competition as defined by the properties of the game, and the convexity of the treatment response. Convexity is...

Jorge Peña, and Georg Nöldeke

August 2023

The prisoner’s dilemma, the snowdrift game, and the stag hunt are two-player symmetric games that are often considered as prototypical examples of cooperative dilemmas across disciplines. However, surprisingly little consensus exists about the precise mathematical meaning of the words “cooperation...

Brenda L. Volling, Wonjung Oh, Richard Gonzalez, Lauren Bader, Lin Tan, and Lauren Rosenberg

vol. 35, n. 3, August 2023, pp. 1404 –1420

Changes in children’s attachment security to mother and father were examined for 230 firstborn children (M = 31.17 months), their mothers and fathers participating in a longitudinal investigation starting in the last trimester of the mothers’ pregnancy and 1, 4, 8, and 12 months after the birth of...

Lan Anh Nguyen, Manh-Hung Nguyen, Viet-Ngu Hoang, Arnaud Reynaud, Michel Simioni, and Clevo Wilson

August 2023

Literature shows that tourists can make significant financial contributions towards efforts of erosion prevention, but very few studies are done in the context of developing countries, especially to protect World Heritage sites. This paper provides the first estimates of willingness to pay (WTP)...

Benjamin C. Trumble, Mia Charifson, Thomas S. Kraft, Angela Garcia, Daniel Cummings, Paul L. Hooper, Amanda J. Lea, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, Stephanie Koebele, Kenneth Buetow, Bret A. Beheim, Riana Minocher, Maguin Gutierrez Cayuba, Gregory Thomas, Margaret Gatz, Jonathan Stieglitz, Caleb Finch, Hillard Kaplan, and Michael Gurven

vol. 9, n. 32, August 2023

In many populations, the apolipoprotein-ε4 (APOE-ε4) allele increases the risk for several chronic diseases of aging, including dementia and cardiovascular disease; despite these harmful effects at later ages, the APOE-ε4 allele remains prevalent. We assess the impact of APOE-ε4 on fertility and...

Thomas S. Kraft, Edmond Seabright, Sarah Alami, Samuel M. Jenness, Paul L. Hooper, Bret A. Beheim, Helen Davis, Daniel Cummings, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, Maguin Gutierrez Cayuba, Emily Miner, Xavier de Lamballerie, Lucia Inchauste, Stéphane Priet, Benjamin C. Trumble, Jonathan Stieglitz, Hillard Kaplan, and Michael Gurven

vol. 21, n. 8, August 2023

The severity of infectious disease outbreaks is governed by patterns of human contact, which vary by geography, social organization, mobility, access to technology and health- care, economic development, and culture. Whereas globalized societies and urban centers exhibit characteristics that can...

Emmanuelle Auriol, Erling Hjelmeng, and Tina Søreide

vol. 56, August 2023, p. 225–287

By combining approaches from the economic theory of crime and of industrial organization, this paper analyzes optimal enforcement for three different forms of corporate misconduct that harm competition. The analysis shows why corporate crime is more harmful in large markets, why governments have a...

Romain Espinosa, and Nicolas Treich

vol. 85, August 2023, pp. 673–706

Estimating the demand for greener products may be challenging when these products are not yet on the market. We design an experiment to elicit the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a novel product in a non-hypothetical way, despite the fact that the product is not marketed and thus cannot be delivered...

Victor Gay

vol. 133, n. 654, August 2023, p. 2303–2333

Demographic shocks tied to World War I’s high death toll induced many women to enter the labour force in the immediate postwar period. I document a positive impact of these newly employed women on the labour force participation of subsequent generations of women until today. I also find that the...