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Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse : Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, 20–21 juin 2013, salle MF 323
Hillard Kaplan (University of New Mexico)
Toulouse : IAST, 18 juin 2013, 14h00–15h30, salle MS001
This talk examines what we have learned about the aging process among Tsimane forager- horticulturalists, and the implications of our results for understanding human life history evolution. I review our latest findings on behavior, inter-generational transfers, physical function, immunocompetence...
Roger Myerson (University of Chicago)
Toulouse : TSE, 18 juin 2013, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 001
We consider a simple overlapping-generations model with risk-averse financial agents subject to moral hazard. Efficient contracts for such financial intermediaries involve back-loaded late-career rewards. Compared to the analogous model with risk-neutral agents, risk aversion tends to reduce the...
Dirk Krueger (University of Pennsylvania)
Toulouse : TSE, 17 juin 2013, 17h00–18h30, salle Amphi S
This paper constructs a dynamic model of health insurance to evaluate the short- and long run effects of policies that prevent firms from conditioning wages on health conditions of their workers, and that prevent health insurance companies from charging individuals with adverse health conditions...
Hulya Eraslan (University of John Hopkins)
IDEI, 17 juin 2013, 12h30–14h00, salle MF 323
We consider negotiations among the claimants of a bankrupt firm in which claimants have private information about various operational restructuring alternatives, and can communicate prior to a proposal. Our setup differs from typical bargaining games with incomplete information in two ways. First,...
Steven Berry (University of Yale)
TSE, 17 juin 2013, 12h30–13h30, salle MS003
We present new identification results for nonparametric models of differentiated products markets, using only market level observables. We specify a nonparametric random utility discrete choice model of demand allowing rich preference heterogeneity, product/market unobservables, and endogenous...
Stéphane Villeneuve (CRM)
Toulouse : TSE, 14 juin 2013, 13h45–15h00, salle MF 323
Corporate finance is the area of finance that considers decisions at a firm level. It develops the tools and analysis used to make these decisions. The primary goal of corporate finance is to maximize shareholder value. The objective of this talk is to present a selective overview of mathematical...
Jorge Florez (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, 14 juin 2013, 13h00–13h30, salle MF 429
Morten Sæthre (NSE)
TSE, 14 juin 2013, 12h30–13h00, salle MF 429
Christopher Udry (University of Yale)
Toulouse : TSE, 13 juin 2013, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
