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Toulouse, France, 14–15 décembre 2009
Tomislav Vukina (North Carolina State University)
Toulouse : TSE, 10 décembre 2009, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 429
The objective of this paper is to determine whether the choice of payment schemes (hourly versus piece rates) can be systematically explained by the risk aversion of the workers that select them. Most of the previous empirical literature tested the inverse relationship between risk and incentives...
Isabel Ruhmer (Mannheim University)
Toulouse : TSE, 9 décembre 2009, 11h00–12h15, salle MC 205
One focus of the two-sided markets literature has been on testing the robustness of standard competition policy results. Price collusion between platforms, however, has not yet been studied. Starting from cartel cases involving two-sided markets, this paper takes a first step in analyzing collusion...
Roger Myerson (Nobel Prize 2007)
Toulouse, France, 9 décembre 2009
Geert Ridder (University of Southern California)
Toulouse : TSE, 8 décembre 2009, 17h00–18h30, salle MF 323
We consider statistical inference on a single component of a parameter vector that satisfies a finite number of moment inequalities. The null hypothesis for this single component is given a dual characterization as a composite hypothesis regarding point identified parameters. We also are careful in...
Peter Robinson (LSE)
Toulouse : TSE, 8 décembre 2009, 15h30–16h30, salle MF 323
Nonparametric regression with spatial, or spatio-temporal, data is considered. The conditional mean of a dependent variable, given explanatory ones, is a nonparametric function, while the conditional covariance reflects spatial correlation. Conditional heteroscedasticity is also allowed, as well as...
Moritz Meyer-Ter-Vehn (University of California)
Toulouse : TSE, 8 décembre 2009, 11h00–12h30, salle MF 323
We propose a new model of firm reputation that interprets reputation directly as the market belief about product quality. Quality is persistent and is determined endogenously by the firm's past investments. We analyse how investment incentives depend on the firm's reputation and derive implications...
Mirko Wiederholt (Northwestern University)
Toulouse : TSE, 7 décembre 2009, 15h00–16h30, salle MH 205
This paper develops a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with rational inattention. Households and decision-makers in firms have limited attention and decide how to allocate their attention. We study the implications of rational inattention for business cycle dynamics. We find that the...
Timo Goeschl (University of Heidelberg)
Toulouse : TSE, 7 décembre 2009, 11h00–12h30, salle MH 205
Are prices or quantities the best regulatory instrument to align private actions with public interests in the presence of externalities? We add another dimension to this ongoing debate by experimentally analyzing the interaction between instrument choice and intrinsic motivation of regulated agents...
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