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Augustin Landier
14 octobre 2013
Paul Seabright
3 octobre 2013
Jean-Philippe Lesne
Andrei Hagiu et Bruno Jullien
n° 13-431, septembre 2013
Platforms use search diversion in order to trade off total consumer traffic for higher revenues derived by exposing consumers to unsolicited products (e.g. advertising). We show that the entry of a platform competitor leads to higher (lower) equilibrium levels of search diversion relative to a...
Augustin Landier et Guillaume Plantin
n° 13-514, septembre 2013
Afluent households can respond to taxation with means that are not economically viable for the rest of the population, such as sophisticated tax plans and international tax arbitrage. This paper studies an economy in which an inequality-averse social planner faces agents who have access to a tax-...
David Bardey et Philippe De Donder
vol. 32, n° 5, septembre 2013, p. 768–779
We develop a model where a genetic test reveals whether an individual has a low or high probability of developing a disease. A costly prevention effort allows high-risk agents to decrease this probability. Agents are not obliged to take the test, but must disclose its results to insurers, and...
Henrik Andersson, Lina Jonsson et Mikael Ögren
vol. 5, n° 3, septembre 2013, p. 135–148
Purpose : the aim of this study is to estimate monetary abatement values for road and rail traffic noise that can be used for policy purposes. However, a main objective is to critically discuss the assumptions necessary to convert the monetary values elicited in willingness to pay (WTP) studies to...
Céline Bonnet
vol. 11, n° 3, septembre 2013, p. 233–234
Whereas public information campaigns have failed to reverse the rising trend in obesity, economists support food taxes as they suggest they can force individuals to change their eating behavior and make the agro-food industry think more about healthy food products. Excise taxes based on the...
Doh-Shin Jeon et Stefano Lovo
vol. 31, n° 5, septembre 2013, p. 643–651
The recent subprime crisis and the ongoing Euro zone crisis have generated an enormous interest in the credit rating industry not only among economists but also among average citizens. As a consequence, we have seen an explosion of the economic literature on the industry. The objective of this...
