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Olivier Armantier et Nicolas Treich

vol. 62, 2016, p. 1954–1969

Thomas-Olivier Léautier

vol. 37, n° 2, 2016

This article formally analyzes the various corrective mechanisms that have been proposed and implemented to alleviate underinvestment in electric power generation. It yields three main analytical findings. First, physical capacity certificates markets implemented in the United States restore...

Abdelaati Daouia, Hohsuk Noh et Byeong U. Park

vol. 78, n° 1, 2016, p. 3–30

Estimation of support frontiers and boundaries often involves monotone and/or concave edge data smoothing. This estimation problem arises in various unrelated contexts, such as optimal cost and production assessments in econometrics and master curve prediction in the reliability programmes of...

Sébastien Gadat, Thierry Klein et Clément Marteau

vol. 44, n° 3, 2016, p. 982–1009

Given an n-sample of random vectors (Xi,Yi)1=i=n whose joint law is unknown, the long-standing problem of supervised classification aims to optimally predict the label Y of a given new observation X. In this context, the k-nearest neighbor rule is a popular flexible and intuitive method in...

G. Enderli, Pascal Leroy, Vincent Réquillart et Louis-Georges Soler

vol. 70, n° 6, 2016, p. 694–699

Background/Objectives: Policies focused on food quality are intended to facilitate healthy choices by consumers, even those who are not fully informed about the links between food consumption and health. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the potential impact of such a food reformulation...

Céline Bonnet et Sofia B. Villas-Boas

vol. 43, n° 5, décembre 2016, p. 781–804

Daniel L. Chen, Martin Schonger et Chris Wickens

vol. 9, n° 1, 2016, p. 88–97

Catherine Bobtcheff, Thomas Chaney et Christian Gollier

vol. 41, n° 1, 2016, p. 73–106

André Blais, Damien Bol, Sona Golder, Philipp Harfst, Jean-François Laslier, Laura Stephenson et Karine Van Der Straeten

vol. 17, n° 4, décembre 2016, p. 525–545

Many academics and commentators argue that Europe is suffering from a democratic deficit. An interesting proposal that has been put forward to address this problem is to elect some members of the European parliament in a pan-European district. In this article, we evaluate this proposal using an...

Alban Thomas et Vera Zaporozhets

Springer Netherlands, 2016, p. 1–22