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Stefan Ambec, Alexis Garapin, Laurent Muller et Bilel Rahali
vol. 81, août 2019, p. 128–138
We investigate how institutions can shape differently the expression for efficiency and equity. We run four variants of the triple dictator game and the trust game in a within-subject design that enables to plot individual patterns. A veil of ignorance, a positional fee and information about others...
Eric Maskin et Jean Tirole
vol. 176, août 2019, p. 79–93
We develop a model of pork-barrel politics in which a government official tries to improve her reelection chances by spending on targeted interest groups. The spending signals that she shares their concerns. We investigate the effect of such pandering on the public deficit. Pandering widens the...
Gilles Lafforgue et Luc Rougé
vol. 57, août 2019, p. 101–118
We develop a growth model in which the use of a non-renewable resource yields waste. Recycling waste produces materials of poor quality. These materials can be reused for production only once a dedicated R&D activity has made their quality reach an exogenous minimum threshold. The economy then...
Michael Becher et Irene Menendez
vol. 113, n° 3, août 2019, p. 694–709
We examine the effect of electoral institutions on two important features of representation that are often studied separately: policy responsiveness and the quality of legislators. Theoretically, we show that while a proportional electoral system is better than a majoritarian one at representing...
Michel Simioni, Christine Thomas-Agnan et Thi-Huong Trinh
vol. 28, n° 8, août 2019, p. 2305–2325
This paper contributes to the analysis of the impact of socioeconomic factors, like food expenditure level and urbanization, on diet patterns in Vietnam, from 2004 to 2014. Contrary to the existing literature, we focus on the diet balance in terms of macronutrients consumption (protein, fat and...
Ingela Alger et Jörgen W. Weibull
vol. 11, août 2019, p. 329–354
The literature on the evolution of preferences of individuals in strategic interactions is vast and diverse. We organize the discussion around the following question: Supposing that material outcomes drive evolutionary success, under what circumstances does evolution promote Homo economicus,...
Jonathan Stieglitz, Benjamin C. Trumble, Caleb Finch, Dong Li, Matthew Budoff, Hillard Kaplan et Michael Gurven
août 2019
Modern humans have more fragile skeletons than other hominins, which may result from physical inactivity. Here we test whether reproductive effort also compromises bone strength, by measuring using computed tomography thoracic vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture prevalence among...
Jean-Paul Azam
n° 19-1030, août 2019
Andrea Attar, Thomas Mariotti et François Salanié
n° 19-1033, août 2019, révision septembre 2021
We study insurance markets in which privately informed consumers can purchase coverage from several firms whose pricing strategies are subject to an anti-dumping regulation. The resulting regulated game supports a single allocation in which each layer of coverage is fairly priced given the consumer...
Ali Boloorforoosh, Peter Christoffersen, Mathieu Fournier et Christian Gouriéroux
