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Antoine Ferey Antoine Ferey (Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München)
TSE, 4 mars 2022, 11h00–12h30, salle Auditorium 3
This paper provides general and empirically implementable sufficient statistics formulas for optimal nonlinear tax systems in the presence of preference heterogeneity. We study unrestricted tax systems on income and savings (or other commodities) that implement the optimal direct-revelation...
Massimo Morelli (Bocconi University)
3 mars 2022, 11h00–12h30, salle Auditorium 4
Reform processes commonly involve professional bureaucrats drafting policies to be adopted by political decision makers. Con icts of interest between these two groups may give rise to pandering in policymaking. We expand the standard pandering setup in two directions. First, we allow for policies...
Principat d'Andorra, 3–4 mars 2022
Edward Vytlacil (University of Yale)
TSE, 1 mars 2022, 15h30–17h00, Online
Elisa Giannone (Penn State University)
TSE, 1 mars 2022, 14h00–15h30, Online
We develop a dynamic spatial equilibrium model to capture the role of wealth in moving decisions. The model’s features are motivated by novel evidence on heterogeneous mobility patterns by ability to borrow. Less able to borrow tend to move more but are less likely to move to “opportunity". We show...
Huan Tang (London School of Economics)
22 février 2022, 14h00–15h00, Zoom Meeting
Since December 2020, Apple has required all apps to disclose their data collection practices by filling out privacy “nutrition” labels that are standardized and easy-to-read. We web-scrape these privacy labels and first document the following stylized facts regarding the supply of privacy: (i) 80%...
Adam Gulan (Bank of Finland)
22 février 2022, BDF Paris
Aysegul Sahin (University of Texas, Austin and NBER)
15 février 2022, 16h00–17h00, BDF Paris
We investigate the source, magnitude, and unevenness of the procyclical forces that shape labor force participation, i.e., the participation cycle, which are important for the implementation of the maximum employment mandate. We show that these forces can be analyzed in real time using a flow...
12 février 2022, salle Manufacture des Tabacs
Tobias Salz (MIT)
8 février 2022, 14h00–15h00, Zoom Meeting
This paper studies the effects of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the ability of firms to collect consumer data, identify consumers over time, accrue revenue via online advertising, and predict their behavior. Utilizing a novel dataset by an intermediary that spans much of the...
