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Frédéric Koessler (Paris School of Economics)
Toulouse : TSE, 26 novembre 2013, 11h00–12h30, salle MS001
This article asks when communication with certifiable information leads to complete information revelation. We consider Bayesian games augmented by a pre-play communication phase in which announcements are made publicly. We first characterize the augmented games in which there exists a fully...
Mike Waugh (University of New York - Stern School of Business)
Toulouse : TSE, 25 novembre 2013, 17h00–18h30, salle MS 001
Howdo reductions in barriers to international trade affect aggregate economic growth andwelfare? We develop a novel dynamic model of growth and trade, driven by technology adoption, to better understand the interaction between technology diffusion, openness, and growth. In themodel, heterogeneous...
Michelle Sovinsky (University of Zurich)
TSE, 25 novembre 2013, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
Antitrust authorities typically try to establish exclusivity and the anticompetitiveness of loyalty rebates through pricing, but do not address the strategic use of advertising and, more generally, marketing campaigns. In this paper we focus on non-price anticompetitive behavior arising from...
Christian Gollier (Toulouse School of Economics)
Toulouse : TSE, 25 novembre 2013, 12h30–14h00, salle MF 323
In this paper, we examine the term structures of interest rates and risk premia when the random walk of economic growth is affected by some parametric uncertainty. Using a time-consistent expected utility framework, we show that parametric uncertainty does not affect assets prices of short...
Sébastien Rouillon (Université de Bordeaux)
Toulouse : TSE, 25 novembre 2013, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 001
The present paper considers the exploitation of a common- property, non-renewable resource, by individuals concerned with their social status. Assuming that the social status is reflected by the individuals'relative consumptions, we formalize this motivation by means of a utility function,...
Sébastien Gadat (Université Paul Sabatier - LSP)
Toulouse : TSE, 22 novembre 2013, 14h00–15h15, salle MF 323
L'algorithme des k plus proches voisins est une des plus anciennes méthodes d'apprentissage statistique et reste encore très populaires dans de nombreuses applications de classification supervisée ou de régression. Les premières études statistiques remontent à Györfi [1], Devroye & Wagner [2],...
Tim Clutton-Brock (Cambridge University)
Toulouse : IAST, 22 novembre 2013, 11h30–12h30, salle Université du Mirail
Tim Clutton-Brock (University of Cambridge)
Toulouse : IAST, 21 novembre 2013, 18h00–20h00, salle Amphi Cujas UT1
Daniel Roggers (University College London)
Toulouse : TSE, 21 novembre 2013, 12h45–14h00, salle MF 323
Bureaucratic behaviour is typically modelled as focussing on citizen welfare, ignoring political concerns that govern the behaviour of politicians. Politicians on the other hand face diff erent incentives across citizens. In some constituencies, politicians face strong competition for their...
Kala Krishna (The Pennsylvania State University)
Toulouse : TSE, 21 novembre 2013, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
Firms can choose how they export: directly or through intermediaries. What are the costs and benefits of such choices? Firms may choose to trade directly, even if this is more costly in the short run, if doing so results in better future outcomes. A policy pursued by China gives us a unique chance...
