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Centre Pierre Baudis, 9–12 juillet 2019
Guillaume Roger (University of Wollongong )
Toulouse : TSE, 27 juin 2019, 12h30–14h45, Toulouse, salle MF 323
A principal delegates the running of a project to an agent subject to moral hazard over an innite horizon, and cannot observe any of the outcomes. The agent sends reports at each instant t; naturally reports may be manipulated. Eliciting truthful revelation is necessary to the provision of eort,...
Frédéric Pascal (Centrale Supélec)
Toulouse : TSE, 27 juin 2019, 11h00–12h15, salle MS001
This talk deals with general problems of covariance matrix estimation with applications in signal processing. Under the widely used Gaussian assumption, the Sample Covariance Matrix (SCM) estimate provides optimal results in terms of estimation performance. However, when the observations turn to be...
Peter Feldhütter (Copenhagen Business School)
25 juin 2019, BDF Paris
Aniko Oery (Yale University)
TSE, 24 juin 2019, 14h00–15h30, salle MS 001
We study reward-based crowdfunding campaigns, a new class of dynamic contribution games where consumption is exclusive. Two types of backers participate: buyers want to consume the product while donors just want the campaign to succeed. The key tension is one of coordination between buyers, instead...
Adrien Matray (Princeton University)
Toulouse : TSE, 24 juin 2019, 12h30–14h00, salle MF 323salle MF 323
César Hidalgo (MIT)
TSE & IAST, 21 juin 2019, 14h30–16h00, TSE - MF323
In recent years advances in big data and algorithms have given rise to a world in which it is finally possible to include algorithmic decision making in the decision pipelines of governments and businesses. But how should governments and companies organize and communicate their data? How and when...
Elizabeth Archie (University of Notre Dame)
Toulouse : IAST, 21 juin 2019, 11h30–12h30, salle MF 323
Dr. Archie works to understand intersection between animal social behavior, health, and fitness. Her research centers on the wild baboons of the Amboseli Baboon Research Project in Kenya. Founded in 1971, this study represents one of the longest-running, continuous studies of a wild primate...
Emily Wang (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Toulouse : TSE, 20 juin 2019, 14h00–15h30, salle MS 002
In this paper, we examine the relationship between obesity and food purchase behavior using a novel and unique dataset that links individual-level scanner data on food purchases to survey data containing questions about an individual's obesity status. We find that obese individuals have higher...
Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, 19–21 juin 2019
