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Stefano Fiorin (Bocconi University)
May 14, 2024, 11:30–12:30, room Auditorium 4
Fragile states struggle to develop basic and essential capacities like tracking and paying employees. Developing these capabilities presumes confidence that the state will continue to exist, which is not assured in fragile states. We present the results of a randomized evaluation in Afghanistan,...
Harry Di Pei (Northwestern University)
Toulouse: TSE, May 14, 2024, 11:00–12:30, room Auditorium 5
A seller decides whether to adopt a new technology that can lower his cost of production and then bargains with a buyer over the price of an object. Both players can build reputations for being obstinate in the bargaining process by offering the same price over time. We show that even when the...
Paris, May 14 to May 14, 2024
Eugenio J. Miravete (University of Texas, Austin)
TSE, May 13, 2024, 14:15–15:30, room Auditorium 4
We conduct a retrospective analysis of the Spanish automobile industrial policy that overcomes many common empirical challenges: inconsistent enforcement of long-lived policies affecting not only domestic production but also welfare. The policy had four pillars: the state-sponsored creation of SEAT...
Thomas Douenne (University of Amsterdam)
Toulouse: TSE, May 13, 2024, 11:00–12:15, room Auditorium 4
We study optimal fiscal policy to address climate change and inequality. We theoretically characterize optimal carbon and income taxes, and quantify them for the US economy with the climate model calibrated to DICE. In contrast to the representative-agent setting, we find that (i) tax distortions...
Joachim Freyberger (Bonn University)
TSE, May 7, 2024, 15:30–16:50, room Auditorium 4
This study provides a structural analysis of detailed, alternating-offer bargaining data from eBay, deriving bounds on buyers and sellers private value distributions and the gains from trade using a range of assumptions on behavior. These assumptions range from weak (assuming only that acceptance...
Tony Ke (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
May 7, 2024, 14:00–15:00, Zoom Seminar
We consider the strategic use of information by an online platform to both guide consumers' search through product recommendations and influence sellers' targeted advertising decision. Our model unifies the analysis of personalized product recommendation and targeted advertising under the...
Arturas Rozenas (NYU)
Toulouse: IAST, May 7, 2024, 11:30–12:30, room Auditorium 4 (First floor - TSE Building)
The conventional wisdom says that representation pacifies politics by replacing bullets with ballots. We contest this claim by highlighting how institutionalized congregation enables the representatives to exercise their collective power, making the threat of a revolt more credible and raising the...
Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building, May 6–7, 2024
Augusto Ospital (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, May 3, 2024, 11:00–12:30, room Auditorium 5
Countries are increasingly turning to non-tariff barriers that are hard to measure and often illegal under WTO rules. What are the impacts of these policies, and what do they reveal about market power in international trade? We study a comprehensive system of discretionary import licenses imposed...
