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Robert G. King, Yang Lu et Ernesto Pasten
vol. 84, décembre 2016, p. 233–249
How should policy be optimally designed when a monetary authority faces a private sector that is somewhat skeptical about policy announcements and which interprets economic data as providing evidence about the monetary authorityís preferences or its ability to carry through on policy plans? To...
Christoph Rheinberger, Daniel Herrera-Araujo et James K. Hammitt
vol. 50, décembre 2016, p. 247–255
We present an integrated valuation model for diseases that are life-threatening. The model extends the standard one-period value-per-statistical-life model to three health prospects: healthy, ill, and dead. We derive willingness-to-pay values for prevention efforts that reduce a disease's incidence...
Miling Li, Katherine von Stackelberg, Christoph Rheinberger, James K. Hammitt, David P. Krabbenhoft, Runsheng Yin et Elsie M. Sunderland
vol. 4, n° 103, 2016
Methylmercury (MeHg) exposure can cause adverse health effects in children and adults and is predominantly from seafood consumption in the United States (U.S.). Here we examine evidence for differences in MeHg uptake and metabolism in U.S. individuals who consume three or more fish meals per week....
Johannes Hörner et Andrzej Skrzypacz
vol. 124, décembre 2016, p. 1515–1562
A firm considers hiring an agent who may be competent for a potential project or not. The agent can prove her competence but faces a holdup problem. We propose a model of persuasion and show how gradualism helps mitigate the holdup problem. We show when it is optimal to give away part of the...
Michel Simioni, Christine Thomas-Agnan et Thi-Huong Trinh
vol. 14, n° 1, 2016, p. 11–26
Recent research on calorie intake and income relationship abounds with parametric models but usually gives inconclusive results. Our paper aims at contributing to this literature by using recent advances in the estimation of generalized additive models with penalized spline regression smoothing (...
Estelle Malavolti
vol. 14, 2016, p. 3696–3703
Big airports profits are more and more often coming from commercial activities such as retailing. However, commercial services are relatively far from the original mission of the airport: providing airlines with aviation services such as ground handling, terminal management or airside operations,...
Paul Seabright
vol. 22, n° 3, 2016, p. 509–510
Roland Bénabou et Jean Tirole
vol. 30, n° 30, Summer 2016, p. 141–164
Yana Jin, Henrik Andersson et Shiqiu Zhang
vol. 13, n° 12, décembre 2016
With China’s significant role on pollution emissions and related health damage, deep and up-to-date understanding of China’s air pollution policies is of worldwide relevance. Based on scientific evidence for the evolution of air pollution and the institutional background of environmental governance...
Céline Bonnet, Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache et Tifenn Corre
décembre 2016
After fossil fuels, agricultural production and fisheries are industries with the largest impact on the environment in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, especially in the production of ruminant meats such as beef, veal or lamb. In order to reduce this environmental impact, consumers can...
