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Zackary Dunivin (Indiana University)
Toulouse, 2 avril 2024, 14h00–15h15, Auditorium 3 JJL, salle Auditorium 3 JJL
Zackary Dunivin is a candidate in Complex Systems and Sociology at Indiana University. His work draws on various computational tools to study culture and cultural change from the perspectives of dyadic interactions, group dynamics, social movements and formal organizations. This talk presents...
Tobias Klein (Tilburg University)
2 avril 2024, 14h00–15h00, Zoom Meeting
Do search engines produce better results because their algorithm is better, or because they can access more data from past searches? We document that the algorithm of a small search engine can produce non-personalized results that are of similar quality to the dominant firm’s (Google) if it has...
Nikita Melnikov (Nova School of Business and Economics)
2 avril 2024, 11h30–12h30, salle Auditorium 4
How has mobile internet affected political polarization in the United States? Using Gallup Daily Poll data covering 1,765,114 individuals in 31,499 ZIP codes between 2008 and 2017, I perform a difference-in-differences analysis and an instrumental-variable design to show that, after gaining access...
Francesc Dilmé (University of Bonn, Germany)
Toulouse : TSE, 2 avril 2024, 11h00–12h30, salle Auditorium 3
In this paper we analyze a continuous-time Coase setting with finite horizon, interdependent values, and different discount rates for the buyer and seller. We fully characterize the equilibrium behavior, which permits us to study how the agents’ discount rates (i.e., patience levels) shape the...
Marion Hoffman ( IAST;University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Toulouse, 29 mars 2024, 11h00–12h15, Auditorium 4, salle Auditorium 4
Across species and cultures, individuals partition themselves by forming non-overlapping groups. Animals divide into herds, children separate into groups during playtime, politicians create competing political parties, and countries join multilateral defensive treaties. Social network analysis...
Jean-Charles Rochet ( TSE), Fabrice Collard, Michel Habib et Ugo Panizza
TSE, 28 mars 2024, 16h00–16h45, salle Auditorium 3salle Auditorium 3
Nicolas Werquin (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), Alexandre Gaillard, Christian Hellwig et Philipp Wangner
TSE, 28 mars 2024, 14h45–15h30, salle Auditorium 3salle Auditorium 3
We argue that canonical heterogeneous-agent economies are unable to jointly account for the observed concentration of consumption, labor income, wealth, and capital income at the top. We first provide empirical evidence that the distributions of these four variables exhibit asymptotic power-law...
Angélique Acquatella
TSE, 28 mars 2024, 14h00–14h45, salle Auditorium 3salle Auditorium 3
Piret Avila ( IAST)
Toulouse, 28 mars 2024, 14h00–15h15, Auditorium 4, salle Auditorium 4
My research advances classical life history theory by integrating methods from evolutionary game theory. This approach sheds light on how interactions among individuals influence the evolution of life history strategies. Specifically, it explores the role of genetic conflicts between family members...
Patrick Coen, Jamie Coen et Anne-Caroline Hüser
TSE, 28 mars 2024, 11h15–12h00, salle Auditorium 3salle Auditorium 3
