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Development at the border: a study of national integration in post-colonial West Africa
Cogneau, Denis; Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
In Africa, boundaries delineated during the colonial era now divide young independent states. By applying regression discontinuity designs to a large set of surveys covering the 1986-2001 period, this paper identifies many large and significant jumps in welfare at the borders between five...
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How do Roads Spread AIDS in Africa ? A Critique of the Received Policy Wisdom
Djemaï, Elodie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
This paper empirically analyzes the influence of road proximity on HIV- infection using geographical data on road infrastructure and the Demographic and Health Surveys collected in six African countries. Firstly we show that living in proximity to a major road increases the individual risk of...
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How do Roads Spread Knowledge, Condoms and HIV/AIDS in Africa ?
Djemaï, Elodie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
Given the low condom use and high prevalence in some African countries, this paper addresses the question of whether these evidences are driven by a supply-side or a demandside issue. The role of road infrastructures on HIV/AIDS outcomes is investigated using data from the Demographic and Health...
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Computation of Mean Field Equilibria in Economics
Lachapelle, Aimé; Salomon, Julien; Turinici, Gabriel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
Motivated by a mean field games stylized model for the choice of technologies (with externalities and economy of scale …
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Strategic Collusion in Auctions with Externalities
Biran, Omer - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
auctioned object for a minimal price. However, identity dependent externalities may lead to the formation of small rings, as … compensation for their expected (negative) externalities if the ring forms. The others may therefore profitably exclude such … externalities, showing that a ring may prefer sending an inefficient member to the auction, if the efficient member exerts …
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Bidding among friends and enemies with symmetric information
Ettinger, David - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
identity-independent price externalities, while the outcome of the second-price auction is. In contrast, identity …-dependent price externalities affect the outcome of both auction formats. In any case, the second-price auction exacerbates the … effects of price externalities. …
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Not in my Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals
Brunello, Giorgio; Bassanini, Andrea; Caroli, Eve - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
There is growing evidence that social pressure shapes firms' behavior. Given how sensitive communities are to downsizing, this suggests that firms are likely to be under strong social pressure when considering reducing employment. Using French linked employer-employee data, we show that social...
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International integration and regional inequalities
Andres, Frédéric - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
Within a 2 Country-4 Region setting we study the impact of a reduction in international transport costs over the localisation of firms inside countries.We find that even when countries are symmetrical, but as long as regions within countries are not entirely identical (whatever the differences),...
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Présentation du modèle démo-économique développé par le Club du Sahel pour analyser le développement des économies locales d’Afrique de l’Ouest. Hypothèses et premières critiques...
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2001
The paper presents a demo-economic model developed by Jean-Marie Cour, OECD-Club du Sahel. It is a prospective and spatial model of West African countries. The document does not present the results of the model, but examines its hypothesis and its equations witch are criticized.
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Spatial externalities between Brazilian municipios and their neighbours
de Vreyer, Philippe; Spielvogel, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
municipalities for the period 1970-1996 and attempt to evaluate the spatial externalities at work among them. We estimate the … convergence speed of per capita income among municipios and test whether spatial externalities are linked to local income growth …
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