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Maryam Saeedi (Canergie Mellon University)
16 juin 2020, 14h00–15h00, salle Zoom Meeting
This paper considers the design of an optimal rating system, in a market with adverse selection. We address two critical questions about rating design: First, given a number of categories, what are the criteria for setting the boundaries between them? Second, what are the gains from increasing the...
Jack Bao (University of Delaware)
16 juin 2020, BDF Paris
Stefan Pollinger
12 juin 2020, 14h00–15h00, salle Zoom Video
This paper shows that an optimal combination of case detection and social distancing allows for quick eradication of COVID-19, ending the current pandemic at low additional human and economic costs. The first contribution is theoretical, and the results hold for any infectious disease, e.g., a...
11–13 juin 2020
En ligne, 9 juin 2020, 11h00–12h00
Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University)
9 juin 2020, BDF Paris
James K. Hammitt (Harvard University)
5 juin 2020, 14h00–15h00, salle Zoom Video
: In evaluating the appropriate response to the covd-19 pandemic, a key parameter is the rate of substitution between mortality risk and wealth or income, conventionally summarized as the value per statistical life (VSL). For the United States, VSL is estimated as approximately $10 million, which...
4–5 juin 2020
4–6 juin 2020
Ozlem Bedre Defolie (ESMT-Berlin)
2 juin 2020, 14h00–15h00, salle Zoom meeting
We analyse the implications of allowing exclusive dealing between a marquee product seller and two competing platforms that are asymmetric in their locked-in consumer base and compete for ‘single-homing’ new consumers. On the seller side, the platforms choose the number of fringe products, which...
