Cet article est organisé de la façon suivante: dans un premier temps nous montrons que la référence à la notion de sélection de groupe n’est pas incohérente avec les autres éléments de la pensée hayékienne. Nous développons ensuite l’idée que les travaux récents en matière...

This paper generalizes the Bollerslev and Zhang (2003) approach for the estimation of loadings of asset pricing models using "realized" measures and co-measures of risk. We propose here to extend this approach by including higher-moments in asset pricing models. Estimations are conducted using...

Ce document de travail présente les résultats de l’étude pilote menée au Burkina Faso au cours de l'année 2019 dans le cadre de l'élaboration du cadre de mesure statistique du « soutien public total au développement durable (TOSSD) ». L'étude pilote inclut la perspective des acteurs...

La procédure française de plaider coupable suscite, depuis sa mise en place, de nombreux débats au coeur desquels apparaissent la liberté accordée aux magistrats dans leur prononcé de peines et la divergence de peines selon le niveau de ressources du prévenu et de surcroît selon le type...

This paper analyzes the incentive properties of the standard and burden of proof for a finding of negligence, when evidence about injurers' behavior is imperfect and rests with the parties. We show that the `preponderance of evidence' standard used in common law, together with ordinary exclusion...

The study proposes econometric tests for examining whether the theoretical divergences between the space of «capabilities» and that of the «utility» have, in practice, some importance. Based on the household survey of Burkina Faso carried out by 1994-95, the empiricalanalysis arrives at...

The objective of this paper is to propose a coherent articulation of the different determinants of school-to-wok transition identified by economic theories. The method consists in arranging these determinants in the framework of a dynamic optimization micro-economic model. The proposed model...

Economic analysis of the determinants of the demand for education has been developed first in terms of human capital theory, and thereafter in terms of competing theories : radicalism, filter, signal, job competition. Developed in the seventies, these approaches remain dominant today, even...

Individual processes of school-to-work transition are influenced by social determinism, chance and individual strategies. The point is to clarify how these different influences are organised. Considering that the opposition between determinism and chance is central, the paper proposes an...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the school-to-work transition process of young Canadians, particularly individuals with low levels of education, and to situate it in the context of the evolution in the value of a high school diploma over the 1981-1996 period, conditional on not...