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Stefan Ambec
n° 20-1120, juillet 2020
Environmental markets distribute tradable rights on natural resources that are available for free on the earth such as water, biomass or clean air. In a framework where users differ solely in respect of their access to the resource, I investigate the allocation of rights that are accepted in the...
Jérôme Bolte, Zheng Chen et Edouard Pauwels
vol. 182, juillet 2020, p. 1–36
Composite minimization involves a collection of smooth functions which are aggregated in a nonsmooth manner. In the convex setting, we design an algorithm by linearizing each smooth component in accordance with its main curvature. The resulting method, called the Multiprox method, consists in...
Catherine Molho, Joshua Tybur, Paul A.M. Van Lange et Daniel Balliet
vol. 11, n° 3432, juillet 2020, p. 1–9
Across societies, humans punish norm violations. To date, research on the antecedents and consequences of punishment has largely relied upon agent-based modeling and laboratory experiments. Here, we report a longitudinal study documenting punishment responses to norm violations in daily life (k = ...
Andrei Hagiu, Bruno Jullien et Julian Wright
vol. 66, n° 7, juillet 2020, p. 2801–3294
We explore conditions under which a multiproduct firm can profitably turn itself into a platform by "hosting rivals," i.e. by inviting rivals to sell products or services on top of its core product. Hosting eliminates the additional shopping costs to consumers of buying a specialist rival's...
Meng-Wen Tsou, Jin-Tan Liu, James K. Hammitt, Chyi-Horng Lu et Szu-Yu Zoe Kao
vol. 71, n° 3, juillet 2020, p. 379 – 403
We estimate the effect of prenatal exposure to radiation on infant health. By exploiting the 1983 Taiwanese radiation‐contaminated buildings accident as a natural experiment, we compare birth outcomes between siblings and cousins exposed to different radiation levels. Given the 1983 accident was...
David Martimort et Perrin Lefebvre
vol. 82, n° 3, juillet 2020, p. 1026–1043
Alban Thomas et Louis-Georges Soler
vol. 101, juillet 2020, p. 91–116
In the scientific literature, the debate on health and environmental benefits of a reduction in the share of animal-sourced food, in particular beef, in consumer diets is mostly focused on demand-side vs. supply transitions. We discuss in this paper the necessary conditions for a win-win scenario...
Carmen Hové, Benjamin C. Trumble, Amy Anderson, Jonathan Stieglitz, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven et Aaron D. Blackwell
n° 1, juillet 2020, p. 114–128
Background and objectives: Among placental mammals, females undergo immunological shifts during pregnancy to accommodate the fetus (i.e. fetal tolerance). Fetal tolerance has primarily been characterized within post-industrial populations experiencing evolutionarily novel conditions (e.g. reduced...
Allison Loconto, Marion Desquilbet, Denis Couvet, Bruno Dorin et Théo Moreau
vol. 96, n° 103610, juillet 2020
Feeding 9 billion people by 2050 on one hand, and preserving the erosion of biodiversity on the other hand, are two shared policy goals at the global level. Yet while these goals are clear, they are to some extent in conflict, because agriculture is a major cause of biodiversity loss, and the path...
J. Gilhodes, Florence Dalenc, Jocelyn Gal, C. Zemmour, Eve Leconte, Jean Marie Boher et Thomas Filleron
vol. 2020, n° 6795392, juillet 2020, p. 13 pages
Over the last decades, molecular signatures have become increasingly important in oncology and are opening up a new area of personalized medicine. Nevertheless, biological relevance and statistical tools necessary for the development of these signatures have been called into question in the...
