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In his 1971's Dynamic Models of Segregation paper, the economist Thomas C. Schelling showed that a small preference for … deepening the understanding of the properties of dynamic models of segregation based on Schelling's hypotheses. Its main … level of tax is sufficient under certain circumstances to significantly reduce segregation. We then investigate the effect of …
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We propose an analytical resolution of Schelling segregation model for a general class of utility functions. Using … Schelling model and the Duncan and Duncan segregation index. … model for three utility functions corresponding to different degrees of preference for mixed neighborhoods. Schelling …
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Dans cet article, nous souhaitons comprendre si, dans une démocratie multiethnique potentiellement déchirée par la guerre civile, des préoccupations éthiques cruciales comme l'aversion à l'inégalité inter-ethnique permettent de réduire de façon significative la tentation des citoyens...
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Cet article présente une vue d'ensemble d'un certains nombres de travaux modernes en Economie Politique. Ces travaux sont parfois regroupés sous la dénomination de "Nouvelle Economie Politique". Ils visent à rendre compte des systèmes de décision publique de manière suffisament...
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political fragmentation are both decided by a majority vote. As them, we observe that economic integration involves political …
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level of segregation in a fixed-size city where consumers differ both in income and taste. In this city, the market … allocation of the population is characterized by partial segregation: both rich and poor consumers can be found in both … segregation if applicants are not screened according to their income level. Any departure from the optimal level of screening has …
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large proportion of agents and the degree of segregation of these cooperatives. Three factors can explain the existence …, stability and lack of segregation. First, we show that the classical explanation in economics holds within the framework of our … their income - the higher the risk aversion, the more stable the cooperatives and the lower the segregation. Learning can …
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This paper develops a simple model to explain two stylised facts about immigration. First, some countries have a low ratio of migrants in their population, while other wealthy countries have a high number of migrants. In fact such migrants are of the same order of magnitude as their domestic...
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also show that, if there are more than one public good, this condition is not sufficient for segregation unless households … preferences are additively separable. Since this condition is necessary and sufficient for the segregation of stable jurisdiction … segregation. …
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In the present article, I provide a simple urban theory where agents do not bid for land. In absence of this baseline mechanism, I show that the spatial allocation of agents is governed by a Nash equilibrium. I underline the role of asymmetric local congestion effects in insuring the existence...
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