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This paper provides a method to single out customer-based discrimination in the housing market. We build a matching model with ethnic externalities where landlords differ in the number of housing units they own within the same building. Multiple-dwelling landlords discriminate more often than...
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In an often quoted article, Genesove and Mayer (2001) observe that house sellers are reluctant to sell at a loss, and attribute this finding to loss aversion. I show that loss aversion cannot explain this phenomenon.
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single village in case of statistical analysis, or on collection of oral histories. By using the information from a household …
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sample period is split in two: before and after the MFI implemented France's regulatory EUR 10,000 loan ceiling. In the first …
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This paper is the first result of a project aiming at understanding the history of bankruptcy law from an empirical economic perspective. By contrast with some proponents of "law and economics" (e.g. La Porta & alii, 1998), we consider that the impact of bankruptcy law on national economic...
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of the swine-origin A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic, we use an interactive study among the general public in the South of France …
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could play a minor effect in immigrants' decision to retire. Using detailed data on immigrants living in France collected in …
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Cette étude faite au niveau général du budget ne présage cependant rien en ce qui concerne le détail de chacun des postes de dépense. Or, l'hypothèse d'un investissement en grande partie lié aux dépenses passées et aux caractéristiques actuelles est tout à fait plausible pour le...
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little interest in France and other non-Anglo-Saxon environments? In a qualitative theory-building approach, this paper … assesses the gap in workplace practices adoption among the US, the UK, and France and analyzes in-depth interviews with 44 … human resources (HR) officers, employee representatives, unions, and work-life service providers in France. Five main …
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and mitigating agency costs. Because France is characterized by a weak legal system, highly concentrated ownership …
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