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Benjamin Klaus (European Central Bank)
19 mai 2014, BDF, Paris
Persi Diaconis (Stanford University)
Toulouse : TSE, 16 mai 2014, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
Graphs and Networks seem to be everywhere nowadays. Naturally, statisticians and mathematicians have introduced a host of models to work with this kind of data. One surprise: Even simple models lead to intractable estimation and testing problems. In joint work with Sourav Chatterjee, we have...
Cédric Sueur (CNRS Strasbourg)
Toulouse : IAST, 16 mai 2014, 11h30–12h30, salle MS001
Network optimality has been described in genes, proteins and human communicative networks. In the latter, optimality leads to the efficient transmission of information with a minimum number of connections. Whilst studies show that differences in centrality exist in animal networks with central...
Juan Antonio Lacomba (Universidad de Granada)
Toulouse : TSE, 16 mai 2014, 10h00–11h15, salle MS 003
This article analyzes experimentally three different types of labor contracts. The two first types of labor contracts are the standard period-by-period contract and the permanent one. We propose a new type of contract (automatic renewal) in which workers are re-hired if they satisfied the effort...
Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, 16–17 mai 2014
Evanston, USA : Northwestern University, 16–17 mai 2014
Timur Kuran (Duke University)
Toulouse : IAST, 15 mai 2014, 15h30–16h30, salle MF323
In the pre-modern Middle East the closest thing to an autonomous private organization was the Islamic waqf. Paradoxically, this non-state institution inhibited political participation, collective action, transparency in governance, and rule of law, among other indicators of democratization. For a...
Li Chen
Toulouse : TSE, 15 mai 2014, 12h45–14h00, salle MF 323
I study a model of centralized university admissions, where a continuum of students are matched to three universities based on students' submitted preferences and their scores from a standardized exam. The interaction of timing to submit preferences and mechanisms induces students to adopt...
Simon Board (University of California - Los Angeles)
Toulouse : TSE, 15 mai 2014, 11h00–12h30, salle MS003
We propose an industry lifecycle model in which each firm privately invests into its quality and thereby its reputation. Over time, both the firm and the market learn about the firm's evolving quality via infrequent breakthroughs. The firm can also exit if its value becomes negative, giving rise to...
Elise Huillery (Sciences Po - Paris)
Toulouse : TSE, 15 mai 2014, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
The paper studies the effects of a financing mechanism for the health sector in which governmental payment to health facilities is contingent upon the number of patients for some predetermined health services, as opposed to a fixed payment. Even though performance-based financing models have been...
