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Steven Ongena (University of Zurich)
23 mai 2016
Vincent Rivoirard (Université Paris Dauphine)
Toulouse : TSE, 20 mai 2016, 14h00–15h15, salle MF 323
After some recalls about the setting of nonparametric Bayesian estimation, we consider the issue of tuning hyperparameters of prior models by using empirical Bayes procedures. We provide general conditions on the model and the prior to derive concentration rates for the associated posterior...
Coasta Azariadis (Wahsington University in St Louis)
20 mai 2016
Toulouse, France, 19–20 mai 2016
Michel Diaz (LAAS)
TSE & IAST, 18 mai 2016, 12h30–13h30, salle MS003
Marnix Amand (HEC, Lausanne)
TSE, 17 mai 2016, 17h00–18h30, salle MS 001
We show that many forms of heterogeneity and uncertainty that are common in the heterogeneous firm international trade literature drive a wedge between observed exports in the data and firm productivity. This implies that testing for an exact Pareto distribution for firm productivity is impossible...
Pierre Dubois (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, 17 mai 2016, 15h30–17h00, salle MS 001
We study how cross-national differences in regulated pharmaceutical prices within the EU lead to arbitrage decisions by pharmacy retailers through parallel imports of versions of drugs originally marketed in other countries by the same company. Such strategic decisions can affect the distribution...
Ed Hopkins (University of Edinburgh)
Toulouse : TSE, 17 mai 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 001
This paper proposes a new theory of higher education that combines self-control preferences with Spence-like signalling. Successfully completing a university level qualification requires substantial non-cognitive skills, such as self-control, as well as cognitive ability. Signalling equilibria...
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (LSE & Princeton)
17 mai 2016
Adam Powell (Max Planck Institute)
Toulouse : IAST, 13 mai 2016, 11h30–12h30, salle MF323
