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In this paper, we expose the results of a voting experiment realised in 2007, during the French Presidential election. This experiment aimed at confronting the Single Transferable vote (SVT) procedure to two criteria : simplicity and the selection of a Condorcet-winner. Building on our electoral...
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Although economics has long been considered as a non-experimental science, the development of experimental economics and behavioral economics is amazingly rapid and affects most fields of research. This paper first attempts at defining the main contributions of experiments to economics. It also...
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Despite some progress, there is still evidence of discrimination on the grounds of gender and ethnic or racial origins in OECD labour markets. Field experiments show pervasive ethnic discrimination in many countries. We show indirect cross-country/time-series evidence that, using product market...
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the complementarity between the three components of longevity on welfare and economic stability. At the steady state, we … show that an appropriate fiscal policy may enhance welfare. However, when pollution is heavily harmful for longevity, the … design of the public policy that may comply with the dynamic and welfare objectives. …
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This paper addresses the two-way implication between punctuality level of public transport and commuter behavior. We consider a modal competition between public transport and an alternative mode. Commuters may choose different strategies to minimize their journey cost. In particular, when the...
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This paper examines the effects of tourism on labor employment, capital accumulation and resident welfare for a small … capital intensive, the fall in capital would not be so severe and the expansion of tourism improves welfare. However, when the … traded sector is strongly capital intensive, the fall in capital can be a dominant factor to lower welfare. This immiserizing …
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toughening of the antitrust policy is likely to result in more agglomeration and may reduce world welfare. The antitrust policy … is more likely to be welfare improving when market integration progresses. …
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This paper uses a representative sample of individuals on France's main welfare program (the Revenu Minimum d …'Insertion, or RMI) to estimate monetary incentives for employment among welfare recipients. Based on the estimated joint …
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Most welfare programs generate high marginal tax rates on labor income. This paper uses a representative sample of … individuals on France's main welfare program (the Revenu Minimum d'Insertion, or RMI) to estimate monetary gains to employment for … welfare recipients. This is based on the distribution of potential monthly earnings faced by each individual, as inferred from …
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Nel passaggio dal capitalismo industriale al capitalismo cognit ivo, il rapporto capitale/ lavoro é segnato da una trasformazione radicale. Essa riguarda in maniera indissociabile il modo di produrre, la composizione di classe sulla quale poggia la valorizzazione del capitale ed infine le forme...
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