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Claude Crampes et Jérôme Renault
vol. 122, juin 2016, p. 7–24
We use a probabilistic model to show that the development of a large number of small production units facing independent risks of failure must be accompanied by an approximately proportional increase in the number of repairmen. We derive the cost function of a machine in working condition, which...
Jean-François Bonnefon, Iyad Rahwan et Azim Shariff
vol. 352, n° 6293, juin 2016, p. 1573–1576
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) should reduce traffic accidents, but they will sometimes have to choose between two evils, such as running over pedestrians or sacrificing themselves and their passenger to save the pedestrians. Defining the algorithms that will help AVs make these moral decisions is a...
Simone Cuiabano, Luiz Alberto Esteves et Dimas Mateus Fazio
sous la direction de Frédéric Jenny et Yannis Katsoulacos, Springer, juin 2016, p. 349–361
This chapter presents empirical evidence resulted from the application of Hypothetical Monopoly Test—SSNIP to the Brazilian market of readymade meals by the Department of Economic Studies of the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE). The firm-level data was taken, and the SSNIP test was applied to...
Andrew Ching (Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto)
TSE, Toulouse, France, 23 juin 2016, salle MF 323-322
Michael J. Dickstein (Stanford University)
Tanja Saxell (Government Institute for Economic Research)
David Bradford (University of Georgia)
Guillaume Cheikbossian
n° 16-644, mai 2016
This paper provides a political economy analysis of (de)centralization when local public goods -- with spillovers effects -- can be substitutes or complements. Depending on the degree of complementarity between local public goods, median voters strategically delegate policy to either `conservative...
Ivän Werning
Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France, mai 2016, salle MS 001
Emmanuelle Auriol et Alice Mesnard
n° 16-645, mai 2016
Is there a way of eliminating human smuggling? We set up a model to simultaneously determine the provision of human smuggling services and the demand from would-be migrants. A visa-selling policy may be successful at eliminating smugglers by eroding their profits but it also increases immigration....
