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Lana Friesen (University of Queensland, Australia)
Toulouse : TSE, 5 septembre 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS003
Considerable evidence demonstrates that consumers make poor choices in complex decision environments. One such environment is the choice of a mobile (cell) phone plan, where consumers frequently encounter complicated nonlinear tariffs. We study the efficacy of five policy interventions to improve...
Toulouse, du 30 juin au 2 juillet 2016
Toulouse, France, 28–29 juin 2016
Ana Babus (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
IDEI, 27 juin 2016, 12h30–14h00, salle MF 323
We provide a theory of trading through intermediaries in OTC markets. The role of intermediaries is to sustain trade, when trade is beneficial. In our model, traders are connected through a network. Agents observe their neighbors’ actions, and can trade with their counterparty in a given period...
France, 27 juin 2016
Ingvild Almas (Norwegian School of Economics)
Toulouse : IAST, 23 juin 2016, 15h30–16h30, salle MS001
TSE, Toulouse, France, 23 juin 2016, salle MF 323-322
Bruno Sultanum (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
23 juin 2016, BDF, Paris
Matt Gentskow (Stanford University)
TSE & IAST, 22 juin 2016, 12h30–13h30, salle MS003
Shuo Liu (University of Zurich)
Toulouse : TSE, 22 juin 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MF323
We study optimal incentive contracts with multiple agents when performance evaluation is delegated to a reviewer. The reviewer is biased in favor of the agents, and the degree of the bias is ex ante unknown to the principal. We show that a contest, which is defined as a contract in which the...
