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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
Pierre Boyer (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau)
TSE, 13 mai 2016, 11h00–12h15, salle MS 003
We develop a two-period model of redistributive politics in which two politicians compete for election in each period. In the first period, the politicians propose both whether to implement an e fficient reform and choose the level of public debt. Politicians also allocate pork-barrel spending to...
Manufacture des Tabacs, Building S, Toulouse, France : TSE, 13–14 mai 2016, salle MS 001
John Hibbing (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Toulouse : IAST, 12 mai 2016, 15h30–16h30, salle MS001
Christoph Wolf (University of Mannheim)
Toulouse : TSE, 12 mai 2016, 12h45–14h00, salle MF 323
I study the optimal contract offered by a principal funding a financially constrained agent to work on a multistage project. The project requires all stages to be completed to realize its benefits. Exerting effort in early stages of the project is informative but not conclusive about the prospects...
Pascaline Dupas (Stanford University)
Toulouse : TSE, 12 mai 2016, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 003
Many technologies require local experimentation before individuals can make successful adoption and usage decisions. Since information is a public good, technology adoption subsidies are an important component of development policy. We ask whether it is possible to enhance technology adoption...
