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Ananya Sen (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE & IAST, 30 mars 2016, 12h30–13h30, salle MS003
Sebastian Findeisen (University of Mannheim)
Toulouse : TSE, 30 mars 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
We study the optimal design of financial aid policies for college students. The model incorporates multidimensional heterogeneity, idiosyncratic risk and borrowing constraints. It matches key empirical results on college enrollment patterns, returns to education and enrollment elasticities. We find...
Koen Jochmans (Sciences Po.)
TSE, 29 mars 2016, 15h30–17h00, salle MS 001
We consider point estimation and inference based on modifications of the profile likelihood in models for dyadic interactions between n agents featuring agent-specific parameters. This setup covers the β-model of network formation and generalizations thereof. The maximum-likelihood estimator of...
Timothy Van Zandt (INSEAD)
Toulouse : TSE, 29 mars 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 001
In developed countries, consumers have little choice about health insurance. Options are restricted either by national health insurance programs or employer-provided group plans. An exception was the large number of households in the U.S. who weree not covered by group plans, but this changed with...
Timothy J. Richards (Arizona State University)
TSE, 25 mars 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 003
Retailers often sell multiple products and set prices that differ from the prices available at rivals, creating multiproduct incentives for consumers to search. In this paper we consider how product variety affects consumer search intensity and the dispersion of prices in multi-product retail...
Timothy J. Richards
TSE, 25 mars 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS 003
Bruno Biais (Toulouse School of Economics)
25 mars 2016, BDF, Paris
Sergei Guriev (Science Po Paris)
Toulouse : TSE, 24 mars 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
We develop an informational theory of dictatorship. Dictators survive not because of their use of force or ideology but because they convince the public|rightly or wrongly|that they are competent. Citizens do not observe the dictator's type but infer it from signals inherent in their living...
Zhou Chen (De Nederlandsche Bank - University of Rotterdam)
Toulouse : TSE, 24 mars 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS003
We extend classical extreme value theory to non-identically distributed observations. When the tails of the distribution are proportional much of extreme value statistics remains valid. The proportionality function for the tails can be estimated non-parametrically along with the (common) extreme...
Francesco Lippi (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
TSE, 22 mars 2016, 17h00–18h30, salle MS 001
We analyze a sticky price model where a firm chooses a price plan, namely a set of 2 prices. Changing the plan entails a menu cost, but either price in the plan can be charged at any point in time. The setup generates a persistent reference price level and short lived deviations from it, and a...
