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Helmuth Cremer, Pierre Pestieau et Kerstin Roeder
vol. 70, 2016, p. 101–109
This paper studies the design of a social long-term care (LTC) insurance when altruism is two-sided. The laissez-faire solution is not efficient, unless there is perfect altruism. Under full information, the rst-best can be decentralized by a linear subsidy on informal aid, a linear tax on bequests...
Helmuth Cremer, Catarina Goulão et Kerstin Roeder
vol. 50, décembre 2016, p. 258–267
A fat and a healthy good provide immediate gratification, and cause health costs or benefits in the long run, which are misperceived. Additionally, the fat good (healthy good) increases (decreases) health care costs by increasing (decreasing) the probability of suffering from a chronic disease in...
Alexandre Cornière (de) et Romain De Nijs
vol. 47, n° 1, Spring 2016, p. 48–72
An online platform makes a profit by auctioning an advertising slot that appears whenever a consumer visits its website. Several firms compete in the auction, and consumers differ in their preferences. Prior to the auction, the platform gathers data which is statistically correlated with consumers...
Jean-Pierre Amigues, Gilles Lafforgue et Michel Moreaux
n° 208-209, 2016, p. 39–55
Nous caractérisons les sentiers d’exploitation optimale de deux énergies primaires parfaitement substituables : une ressource non renouvelable carbonée et une ressource renouvelable non polluante. Ces ressources approvisionnent les besoins en énergie de deux secteurs qui se différencient par leur...
Lika Ba et Farid Gasmi
vol. 41, 2016, p. 1–30
The main goal of this study is to demonstrate the existence of a significant empirical link between infrastructure and financial sectors reforms the effects of which are reflected in infrastructure sectors performance. This paper reports on the findings of an exploration of this issue for the case...
Helmuth Cremer, Jean-Marie Lozachmeur et Pierre Pestieau
vol. 50, décembre 2016, p. 330–339
Vincent Réquillart, Louis-Georges Soler et Yu Zang
vol. 50, décembre 2016, p. 268–285
The goal of this paper is to better understand firms' strategic reactions to nutritional policies targeting food quality improvements and to derive optimal policies. We propose a model of product differentiation, taking into account the taste and health characteristics of products. We study how two...
Christian Gollier
vol. 92, n° 4, décembre 2016
Denis Lanzanova, M.B. Milovanovicz, Arnaud Reynaud et A. de Roo
vol. 13, n° 2, décembre 2016, p. 247–266
We provide the first estimate of a household water demand function in Serbia. The econometric model is estimated on a panel dataset made of the 25 Serbian districts (oblasts) covering years 2009 to 2012. Our estimates reveal a price elasticity of the Serbian household water demand varying between -...
F-J. Elorza, A. Malagò, M. Pastori, Arnaud Reynaud, A. Udias et O. Vigiak
vol. 8, n° 9, 2016
Nitrogen losses in the form of Nitrate (N-NO3) from point and diffuse sources of pollution are recognized to be the leading cause of water body impairment throughout Europe. Implementation of conservation programs is perceived as being crucial for restoring and protecting the good ecological status...
