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Armin Schmutzler (University of Zurich)
TSE, 28 novembre 2016, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
Chad Kendall (University of Southern California)
IDEI, 28 novembre 2016, 12h30–14h00, salle MF 323
Herding and contrarianism in financial markets produce informational inefficiencies when investors ignore their private information, instead following or bucking recent trends. I theoretically establish a preference-based link between the two behaviors: investors with prospect theory preferences...
Ralf Martin (Imperial College)
Toulouse : TSE, 28 novembre 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS 003
How do firms respond to regulation and market incentives? Using comprehensive plant- level data for around 9,500 French manufacturing firms, this paper explores the economic and environmental response of plants to the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) – the EU’s flagship climate...
Jean-François Bonnefon (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, 22 novembre 2016, 14h00–15h30, salle MS001
People are more likely to give to charities when they receive a request to do so, and considerable work has been devoted to identifying the elements of a successful request. We extend this research by exploring a common everyday tactic for increasing compliance: asking politely. We report six...
Matteo Bobba (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, 22 novembre 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MS001
Many labor markets, typically in medium- and low-income countries, are characterized by high levels of informality. Informality is associated with particularly weak indicators of labor market performance but may also constitute an important margin to increase labor market flexibility. In this paper...
Stéphane Caprice (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, 22 novembre 2016, 09h00–10h30, salle MS001
We show that the countervailing power possessed by a large retailer can lead to an increase in retail prices for consumers and a loss in social welfare. We consider a set-up with vertical contracting between a supplier and a retail industry where a large retailer competes with smaller retailers...
Susan Athey (Stanford)
Salle des Illustres : Hôtel de Ville, Toulouse, France : Manufacture des tabacs , 22 novembre 2016
Stéphane Caprice (TSE)
TSE, 22 novembre 2016, Toulouse, salle MS001
Susan Athey (Stanford graduate School of Business)
TSE, 21 novembre 2016, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
Clément Sire (University Paul Sabatier Toulouse)
Toulouse : IAST, 18 novembre 2016, 11h30–12h30, salle MF 323
“After inanimate matter and “biophysics”, physics now applies its methods and tools to the understanding of human and animal groups. Its explanatory and predictive power can help understanding many complex problems: collective motion (spontaneous formation of pedestrian lines, fish schools, road...
