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Jérôme Renault et Xavier Venel
vol. 42, n° 2, 2017, p. 349–376
Hélène Juillard, Guillaume Chauvet et Anne Ruiz-Gazen
vol. 112, n° 518, 2017, p. 850–858
The cross-classified sampling design consists in drawing samples from a twodimension population, independently in each dimension. Such design is commonly used in consumer price index surveys and has been recently applied to draw a sample of babies in the French Longitudinal Survey on Childhood, by...
Jean-François Bonnefon, Wim De Neys et Astrid Hopfensitz
vol. 64, n° 4, 2017, p. 231–239
Economic interactions often imply to gauge the trustworthiness of others. Recent studies showed that when making trust decisions in economic games, people have some accuracy in detecting trustworthiness from the facial features of unknown partners. Here we provide evidence that this face-based...
Nicolas Pistolesi
vol. 44, 2017, p. 106–121
This paper measures the effect of a policy implemented in France in 2009 advising students on their field of study at university. Applicants receive reviews from universities on their chances of graduating, which are determined relative to their numerical grades in high-school. To measure the...
Alessandro Bonatti et Johannes Hörner
vol. 12, n° 1, 2017, p. 425–475
This paper analyzes the impact of market structure on career concerns. Effort increases the probability that a skilled agent achieves a one-time breakthrough. Wages are based on assessed ability and on expected output. For any wage, the agent works too little, too late. Under short-term contracts,...
Emmanuelle Auriol et Tina Soreide
vol. 50, 2017, p. 36–49
With a view to reducing the consequences of corruption in public procurement, many governments have introduced debarment of suppliers found guilty of corrup- tion and some other forms of crime. This paper explores the market effects of debarment on public procurement. Debarment is found to make...
vol. 26, 2017, p. 276–281
Humans are willing to cooperate with each other for mutual benefit—and to accept the risk of exploitation. To avoid collaborating with the wrong person, people sometimes attempt to detect cooperativeness in others’ body language, facial features, and facial expressions. But how reliable are these...
David Bardey et Giancarlo Buitrago
vol. 56, décembre 2017, p. 317–329
The aim of this article is to estimate the type of selection that exists in the voluntary health insurance market in Colombia where the compulsory coverage is implemented through a managed care competition. We build a panel database that combines individuals’ information from the Ministry of Health...
K.J. Martijn Cremers, Saura Masconale et Simone M. Sepe
vol. 96, n° 2, décembre 2017
Simone M. Sepe
vol. 101, n° 4, 2017, p. 1377–1455