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Vincent Anesi et Philippe De Donder

vol. 41, n° 2, juillet 2013, p. 241–261

We build a simple model of secession crises where a majority of voters may wish to accommodate a minority in order to prevent a secession attempt. We first show the existence of a majority voting equilibrium, where the median voter is decisive and most prefers a government’s type that is biased in...

Sophie Moinas et Sébastien Pouget

vol. 81, n° 4, juillet 2013, p. 1507–1539

Philippe De Donder et Marie-Louise Leroux

vol. 14, n° 2, juillet 2013, p. 551–575

We develop a model where individuals all have the same probability of becoming dependent and vote over the social long term care insurance contribution rate before buying additional private insurance and saving. We study three types of behavioral biases, all having in common that agents under-...

Cécile Aubert, Manh-Hung Nguyen et Arnaud Reynaud

vol. 38, juillet 2013, p. 547–579

Henrik Andersson

vol. 43, n° 1, juillet 2013, p. 41–49

This study analyzes stated willingness to pay (WTP) for traffic safety, the use of traffic safety equipments, and the consistency between the two. Using data from a Swedish contingent valuation study we find that the estimated value of a statistical life (VSL) based on the respondents’ rear-...

Kenneth J. Arrow, Maureen Cropper, Christian Gollier, Ben Groom, Geoffrey Heal, R. Newell, William D. Nordhaus, R. Pindyck, W. Pizer, P. Portney, Thomas Sterner, R. Tol et Martin L. Weitzman

vol. 341, n° 6144, juillet 2013, p. 349–350

Helmuth Cremer, Firouz Gahvari et Pierre Pestieau

vol. 14, n° 2, juillet 2013, p. 499–524

This paper studies public provision of long term care insurance in a world in which family assistance is (i) uncertain and (ii) endogenous depending on the time parents spend raising their children. Public benefits will be paid in case of disability but cannot be combined with self-insurance or...

Géraldine Bocquého, Florence Jacquet et Arnaud Reynaud

vol. 120, n° 1, juillet 2013, p. 108–111

We use a multiple price list approach with real payments to elicit long-term time preferences on a sample of French farmers. Elicited individual discount rates vary with the time delay, which supports the existence of a reversal effect in long-term time preferences, and increase with rewards, which...

Francesco Ricci et Marios Zachariadis

vol. 80, n° 319, juillet 2013, p. 404–440

We argue that education exerts positive external effects on health, beyond the standard internal effects documented in the literature. We implement an innovative approach to control for endogeneity and omitted variables problems, and present evidence for the significant role played by higher...

Guillaume Plantin et Jean Tirole

24 juillet 2013