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Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer et Jean-Marie Lozachmeur
vol. 209, 2023, p. 263–287
We study the design of pension benefits for male and female workers. Women live longer than men but have a lower wage. Individuals can be single or live in couples who pool their incomes. Social welfare is utilitarian but an increasing concave transformation of individuals’ lifetime utilities...
Maria Kleshnina
vol. 13, décembre 2023, p. 1035–1048
Koen Jochmans
vol. 14, 2023, révision 10 juin 2026, p. 417–433
We consider point estimation and inference based on modifications of the profile likelihood in models for dyadic interactions between n agents featuring agent-specific parameters. The maximum-likelihood estimator of such models has bias and standard deviation of order n-1 and so is asymptotically...
Estelle Medous, Camelia Goga, Anne Ruiz-Gazen, Jean-François Beaumont, Alain Dessertaine et Pauline Puech
vol. 17, n° 1, 2023, p. 838–859
In social and economic surveys, it can be difficult to directly reach units of the target population, and indirect sampling is often advocated to solve this issue. In indirect sampling, the sample is drawn from a frame population that is linked to the target population, and estimation of tar-get...
Simon Anderson
Toulouse, 2023, révision 10 juin 2026
Alex Smolin (Toulouse School of Economics)
Emmanuelle Auriol, Alice Mesnard et Tiffanie Perrault
n° 216, décembre 2023, révision 10 juin 2026, p. 62–101
We model consumer choices for recreational cannabis in a risky environment and its supply under prohibition and legalization. While legalization reduces the profits of illegal providers, it increases cannabis consumption. This trade-off can be overcome by combining legalization with sanctions...
Mamadou Thiam et Jean-Claude Kouakou Brou
vol. 43, n° 4, décembre 2023, p. 1642–1655
This paper aims to study the impact of external debt on capital flight conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. Three major contributions emerge. First, the role of external debt in capital flight is clarified. Econometric results based on 26 sub-Saharan African countries over...
Rachael Colley, Umberto Grandi, César Hidalgo, Mariana Macedo et Carlos Navarrete
sous la direction de Edith Elkind, 2023
In rank aggregation, members of a population rank issues to decide which are collectively preferred. We focus instead on identifying divisive issues that express disagreements among the preferences of individuals. We analyse the properties of our divisiveness measures and their relation to existing...
Dante Donati