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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...
Ingela Alger et Donald Cox
vol. 11, septembre 2013, p. 421–446
What can evolutionary biology tell us about male-female differences in preferences concerning family matters? Might mothers be more solicitous toward offspring than fathers, for example? The economics literature has documented gender differences—children benefit more from money put in the hands of...
Zonglai Kou, Patrick Rey et Tong Wang
vol. 61, n° 3, septembre 2013, p. 700–732
The paper offers a novel justification for the non-obviousness patentability requirement. An innovation involves two stages: research results in a technology blueprint, which development transforms into a profitable activity. An innovator, who is either efficient or inefficient, must rely on...
Jean-François Bonnefon, Vittorio Girotto, Marco Heimann et Paolo Legrenzi
vol. 8, n° 9, septembre 2013
Stéphane Gregoir et Tristan-Pierre Maury
vol. 22, n° 9, septembre 2013, p. 1124–1138
Disability may impact on employment through entitlement to social housing. Estimates of an original dynamic panel data model of disability, labour market and housing tenure transitions in England indicate that up to one-quarter of the lower employment probability of the disabled can be attributed...
Christian Gollier
27 septembre 2013
Augustin Landier
24 septembre 2013
Jean-Paul Azam et Véronique Thelen
n° 13-430, 21 septembre 2013
Cet article présente quelques résultats de Azam et Thelen (2008, 2010, 2012) qui illustrent comment l’aide internationale est utilisée par les pays riches pour acheter les services des gouvernements bénéficiaires dans le but de protéger ou de promouvoir leurs intérêts économiques et politiques....
Thomas-Olivier Léautier
n° 13-432, 19 septembre 2013
This article examines imperfectly competitive investment in electric power generation in the presence of congestion on the transmission grid. Under simple yet realistic assumptions, it precisely derives the technology mix as a function of the capacity of the transmission interconnection. In...
Jacques Delpla
19 septembre 2013
