The ability to produce local public goods and services such as sharing savings, risk, insurance, sanitation and educational services, is a key fator for development. This ability, however, varies greatly across communities (Ostrom 1990 ; Khwaja 2009). Considering that this ability depends...

<alinea/> On October 12th, 2009 Elinor Ostrom received the Nobel Prize in Economics for her analysis of the commons. This article presents a survey of her work. We shall begin by redrawing the academic route of Ostrom. In the second part, we show how she successively used various methods of...

We test the causal role of social capital, as measured by self-reported trust, in determining access to basic health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa. To skirt reverse-causality problems between social capital and basic health, we rely on instrumental variable (IV) estimates. The results show...

The ability to produce local public goods and services such as sharing savings, risk, insurance, sanitation and educational services, is a key fator for development. This ability, however, varies greatly across communities (Ostrom 1990 ; Khwaja 2009). Considering that this ability depends...

Le 12 octobre 2009 Elinor Ostrom recevait le Prix Nobel d'économie pour sa contribution à l'analyse des biens collectifs. Cet article se propose de dresser un panorama de ses travaux. Nous commencerons par retracer l'itinéraire académique et professionnel d'Ostrom. Dans une deuxième partie,...

This article analyzes the impact of the introduction of aquaculture on wild fish stocks and consumer utility, taking into account three key components: (1) the dependence of aquaculture on reduction fisheries for the feeding of the farmed species; (2) biological interactions between the wild...

The integration of immigrants and their children is a burning issue in France. Governments build a large part of their assimilation policies on the labor market. The public sector is reputed to better assimilate minorities because of its entrance exams and pay-scales. In this paper, a comparison...

We investigate the empirical relation between ambiguity aversion, risk aversion and portfolio choices. We match administrative panel data on portfolio choices with survey data on preferences over ambiguity and risk. We report three main findings. First, conditional on participation, ambiguity...