a fundamental element (the utility function depends on gains and losses relative to a reference point and not on final … wealths as in expected utility theory). In order to identify the determinants of the income tax evasion decision, a general … reference income is used. We show that results obtained under expected utility theory are not robust. In particular, tax evasion …

equals reference point for at least one good. The phenomenon intensity depends on the curvature of the utility curve. These …

propose a method to estimate an index of ex ante vulnerability to poverty, defined as the probability of being poor in the … generates a vulnerability index, or predicted probability of future poverty, which performs well in predicting future poverty …Traditional poverty measures fail to indicate the degree of risk of becoming or remaining poor that households are …

along which societies and economies evolve over time in such a way as to cover sufciently diferent vulnerability patterns … take into account the most relevant factors that defne the vulnerability of human systems to climate change and their …

of the paper is the use of an ex ante food vulnerability estimate. Vulnerability is defined as the probability of falling … below a given threshold in the future. After constructing a vulnerability variable for each household, we run three separate …-employment), in order to evaluate the impact of vulnerability on participation to the non-agricultural sector. We take into account …

The aim of this article is to study the vulnerability of the New-Caledonian economy from the analysis of the historical …-Caledonian economy doesn't show vulnerability signs insofar as the appreciation of assets linked to physical and human capital more than …