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Isaac Baley (Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona)
TSE, 8 décembre 2015, 17h00–18h30, salle MS 001
Arthur Fishman (Bar-Ilan University - Israel)
TSE, 7 décembre 2015, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
We analyze the effect of a shared brand name, such as geographical names, on incentives of otherwise autonomous firms to establish a reputation for product quality. On the one hand, brand membership provides consumers with more information about past quality and therefore can motivate investment...
Jason Roderick Donaldson (Washington University - Saint Louis)
TSE, 7 décembre 2015, 13h00–14h00, salle MF 323
This paper develops a theory of banking that is rooted in the evolution of banks from warehouses of commodities and precious goods, which occurred even before the invention of coinage or fiat money. The theory helps to explain why modern banks offer warehousing (custodial and deposit-taking)...
Giorgia Piacentino (Washington University - Saint Louis)
TSE, 7 décembre 2015, 12h00–13h00, salle MF 323
The worst employment slumps tend to follow the largest expansions of household debt. In this paper, we theoretically investigate an amplification mechanism by which debt on household balance sheets distorts labor market search behavior, leading to deeper employment slumps. Using a competitive...
Emmanuel Todd (INED (Paris))
Toulouse : IAST, 4 décembre 2015, 11h30–12h30, salle MS001
Andrea Pozzi (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance)
TSE, 4 décembre 2015, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 003
We provide new evidence of the relationship between firm pricing and customer dynamics. We build and quantify a model where firms choose prices taking into account their effect on the evolution of their customer base, and customers face frictions to reallocate to other firms. The model accounts for...
Elena Paltseva (Stockholm School of Economics)
TSE, 4 décembre 2015, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
Do political institutions limit rent-seeking by politicians? We study the transformation of petroleum rents, almost universally under direct government control, into hidden wealth using unique data on bank deposits in offshore financial centers known to offer secrecy and asset protection to foreign...
Emmanuel Todd (INED, Paris)
Toulouse : IAST, 3 décembre 2015, 18h00–20h00, salle Amphi cujas
Anastasia Parakhonyak (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE & IAST, 2 décembre 2015, 12h30–13h30, salle MS003
Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, 2–3 décembre 2015, salle MS 001
