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Christophe Bontemps et Valérie Orozco
n° 20-1161, novembre 2020
Two major movements are actively at work to change the way research is done, shared and reproduced. The first is the reproducible research (RR) approach, which has never been easier to implement given the current availability of tools and DIY manuals. The second is the FAIR (Findable, Accessible,...
Aditya Goenka, Lin Liu et Manh-Hung Nguyen
n° 20-1163, novembre 2020, révision juin 2021
Preliminary evidence indicates that pollution increases severity and likelihood of Covid-19 infections as is the for many other infectious diseases. This paper models the interaction of pollution and preventive actions on transmission of infectious diseases in a neoclassical growth framework where...
Marcel Boyer et Molivann Panot
n° 20-1165, novembre 2020
Jérôme Renault et Bruno Ziliotto
vol. 124, novembre 2020, p. 122–139
We introduce the model of hidden stochastic games, which are stochastic games where players observe past actions and public signals on the current state. The natural state variable for these games is the common belief over the current state of the stochastic game. In this setup, we present an...
Jad Beyhum, Jean-Pierre Florens et Ingrid Van Keilegom
n° 20-1164, novembre 2020
This paper analyzes the effect of a discrete treatment Z on a duration T. The treatment is not randomly assigned. The confoundingness issue is treated using a discrete instrumental variable explaining the treatment and independent of the error term of the model. Our framework is nonparametric and...
Marcel Boyer
n° 20-1166, novembre 2020
Claude Crampes et Thomas-Olivier Léautier
n° 20-1167, novembre 2020
Les certificats négociables sont un bon outil de promotion des activités économiques quand celles-ci permettent d’améliorer le surplus social. Les certificats blancs, parce qu’ils encouragent les activités destinées à réduire la consommation d’énergie et parce que ces activités sont des ‘biens de...
Ingela Alger et Jean-François Laslier
n° 20-1168, novembre 2020, révision octobre 2021
This paper revisits two classical problems in the theory of voting—viz. the divided majority problem and the strategic revelation of information—in the light of evolutionarily founded partial Kantian morality. It is shown that, compared to electorates consisting of purely self-interested voters,...
n° 20-1169, novembre 2020
: In the assessment of the cost of public funds, there is a pervasive economic fallacy, which is frequently repeated by officials in both the private and public sectors as well as in academia: since the cost of borrowing is higher for a private sector firm than it is for a public sector firm, the...
