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Andreas Gerster et Stefan Lamp
juin 2024
This paper investigates the impact of a large electricity tax exemption on production levels, employment, and input choices in the German manufacturing industry. For two policy designs, we show that exempted plants increase their electricity use. This effect is larger under a notched exemption...
Koen Jochmans
vol. 242, n° 2 (105805), juin 2024
This paper concerns the analysis of network data when unobserved node-specific heterogeneity is present. We postulate a weighted version of the classic stochastic block model, where nodes belong to one of a finite number of latent communities and the placement of edges between them and any weight...
Olivier Perrin
n° 24-1548, juin 2024
Henrik Andersson et Benjamin Ouvrard
n° 24-1547, juin 2024
We implement an online survey on a sample of 1,088 French respondents to assess their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for meat substitutes and to test the effectiveness of informational treatments aimed at encouraging a switch to these substitutes. Using insights from the mental accounting theory, our...
Ingela Alger, Sergey Gavrilets et Patrick Durkee
n° 24-163, juin 2024
We describe a formal model of norm psychology that can be applied to better un-derstand norm change. The model integrates several proximate drivers of normative behavior: beliefs and preferences about a) material payoffs, b) personal norms, c) peer disapproval, d) conformity, and e) authority...
Anouch Missirian
n° 24-1545, juin 2024
I study a phenomenon of hastened technology adoption facilitated by a negative spatial externality. GMO seeds have been engineered to withstand the application of particular weedkillers: farmers can use them in-crop, killing the weeds, leaving the crop unscathed. I show that the adoption of such...
Xavier Vives et Orestis Vravosinos
n° 24-1544, juin 2024
We examine the effects of overlapping ownership among existing firms deciding whether to enter a product market. We show that in most cases—and especially when overlapping ownership is already widespread, an increase in the extent of overlapping ownership will harm welfare by softening product...
Catherine Molho, Jorge Peña, Manvir Singh et Maxime Derex
n° 24-1543, juin 2024
Norms and institutions enable large-scale human cooperation by creating shared expectations and changing individuals’ incentives via monitoring or sanctioning. Like material technologies, these social technologies satisfy instrumental ends and solve difficult problems. However, the similarities and...
Tim Schittekatte
juin 2024, révision 10 juin 2026
Catherine Wolfram
