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Olivier Armantier et Nicolas Treich
vol. 62, 2013, p. 17–40
Accurate measurements of probabilistic beliefs have become increasingly important both in practice and in academia. Introduced by statisticians in the 1950s to promote truthful reports in simple environments, Proper Scoring Rules (PSR) are now arguably the most popular incentivized mechanisms to...
David Alary, Christian Gollier et Nicolas Treich
vol. 123, n° 573, décembre 2013, p. 1188–1202
In this paper, we show that ambiguity aversion always raises the demand for self-insurance and the insurance coverage, but may de- crease the demand for self-protection. We also characterize the opti- mal insurance design under ambiguity aversion, and exhibit a case in which the straight deductible...
Henrik Andersson et Mikael Ögren
vol. 47, n° 3, 2013, p. 313–333
By combining standardized calculation methods for total noise levels and monetary estimates from well established evaluation methods, this study outlines a model to estimate the short run marginal cost (SRMC) for road and railway noise that is able to differentiate not only modes of transport, but...
Catarina Goulão et Emmanuel Thibault
vol. 13, n° 2, 2013
Liliane Bonnal, Rachid Boumahdi et Pascal Favard
vol. 20, n° 1, 2013, p. 96–101
This article studies the relation between the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition and the estimated coefficient of a dummy variable for a linear regression. We calculate the unexplained part of the decomposition from the estimated coefficient of the dummy variable. More precisely, if the exogenous...
Céline Bonnet et Vincent Réquillart
vol. 106, 2013, p. 77–88
vol. 95, 2013, p. 1088–1108
Elodie Alet et Liliane Bonnal
vol. 454, 2013, p. 3–22
Students preparing a vocational diploma at what is called “level 5” (CAP or BEP) have a choice between a vocational high school and apprenticeship under a program that alternates between classroom instruction and work experience (formation professionnelle alternée). This article looks at the...
Mohamed Saleh
vol. 46, n° 1, 2013, p. 5–18
Knowledge of pre-colonial Middle Eastern populations has been limited by the lack of data. The 1848 and 1868 Egyptian censuses provide two snapshots of the Egyptian population in its early attempts to make the transition into a modern society. These censuses are perhaps the earliest in the Middle...
Stef Proost et Vera Zaporozhets
vol. 43, n° 5, 2013, p. 808–815
Many local public goods are allocated by federal governments using fixed regional shares: every region is entitled a fixed share of the total budget for a particular type of public good. This paper explores two characteristics of this type of allocation. First, it shows that this type of allocation...
