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Saumitra Jha (Standford GSB)
Toulouse : IAST, 21 mars 2013, 15h30–16h30, salle MF323
We provide the first systematic evidence on the relative importance of economic factors in mobilizing the Indian subcontinent’s remarkably diverse population into one of the world’s first mass political movements in favor of democratic self-government. We show that residents of exports-producing...
Eleni Aristodemou (University College London)
Toulouse : TSE, 21 mars 2013, 12h45–14h00, salle MF 323
This paper develops a new discrete choice demand model, which captures competition among vertically differentiated alternatives. Products, which are vertically differentiated in terms of their quality, are produced by two different brands and consumers choose the brand-quality combination that...
Fabian Lange (University of McGill)
Toulouse : TSE, 19 mars 2013, 15h30–17h00, salle Amphi S
This paper studies the role of employer behavior in generating "negative duration dependence" -the adverse effect of a longer unemployment spell -by sending fictitious resumes to real job postings in 100 U.S. cities. Our results indicate that the likelihood of receiving a callback for an interview...
Michael Riordan (University of Columbia)
Toulouse : TSE, 19 mars 2013, 11h00–12h30, salle MS 001
Mixed and pure equilibria are characterized for a duopoly model of simultaneous quality improvement followed by price competition in a market with limited consumer heterogeneity. In the second stage Bertrand equilibrium, the higher-quality firm captures the entire market, earning a profit...
Silvana Tenreyro (London School of Economics)
Toulouse : TSE, 18 mars 2013, 17h00–18h30, salle MS 001
Existing wisdom links increased openness to trade to greater macroeconomic volatility, as trade induces countries to specialize, increasing their exposure to sector-specific shocks. Evidence suggests, however, that country-wide shocks are at least as important as sectoral shocks in shaping...
Catherine Tucker (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
TSE, 18 mars 2013, 14h00–15h30, salle MF 323
In social advertising, ads are targeted based on underlying social networks and their content is tailored with information that pertains to the social relationship. This paper explores the effectiveness of social advertising using data from field tests of different ads on Facebook. We find evidence...
Jorge Florez (Toulouse School of Economics)
TSE, 18 mars 2013, 12h30–13h30, salle MS 001
Loyalty programs (LP) are present in almost all the retailing markets. Most work the same way: a member who purchases today gets a reward to be used next time she is back to the store (or after she crosses some threshold). Previous researchers have concluded that the purpose of LPs as a marketing...
Bertrand Villeneuve (Université Paris Dauphine)
TSE, 18 mars 2013, 12h30–14h00, salle MF 323
We propose a simple equilibrium model, where the physical market of the commodity and the derivative market interact. There are three types of agents: industrial processors, inventory holders and speculators. Only the two first of them operate in the physical market. All of them, however, may...
Stephan Von Cramon-Taubadel (Faculty of Agricultural Science - Göttingen)
Toulouse : TSE, 18 mars 2013, 11h00–12h15, salle MF 323
The threshold vector error correction model is a popular tool in the analysis of spatial price transmission and market integration. In the literature, the profile likelihood estimator is the preferred choice for estimating this model. Yet, in certain settings this estimator performs poorly. In...
Cheng Wan (Université Pierre et Marie Curie - IMJ)
TSE, 15 mars 2013, 13h45–15h00, salle MS 001
Dans un jeu de congestion dans un réseau, un joueur non-atomique génère un flot infinitésimal, alors qu'un joueur atomique divisible (resp. divisible en entiers) contrôle un flot fini qui peut se diviser arbitrairement (resp. en plusieurs parties de poids en nombre entier) sur des routes...
