[eng] This article studies how the French television channels fulfill their obligation to invest in the French film industry. Our econometric analysis yields three findings. First, we show that selective public support (“ Avance sur Recettes ” mechanism) and television investments are...

[eng] Estimation of a Hedonic Price Function for Wine from the Champagne Region . by Olivier Gergaud . This paper applies the hedonic price method to wine from Champagne. The data used are taken from experimental studies published in two French consumer magazines (50 millions de consommateurs...

We analyze the Celebrity 100 annual list of the world's most “powerful celebrities†compiled and published by Forbes Magazine. The lists provide an interesting collection of people, that includes their earnings, and the perception of citizens concerning the attributes that made them...

This article analyzes the way some 6,000 European wine consumers, both connoisseurs and non-connoisseurs, use a set of available signals (price, umbrella branding, goodwill, past consumption) to assess the quality of Bordeaux wines where price is the main source of information on quality....

We analyze the efficiency of English football betting markets between 2002 and 2006. We find evidence of a positive favourite-longshot bias for both home odds and away odds. Draw odds are instead characterized by a negative longshot bias. We also identify a draw bias in the sense that betting at...

In this note, we analyze whether the International Cycling Union’s ‘index of suspicion’, which reflects the extent to which a rider is suspected of using doping, correlates with performance during the 2010 Tour de France Though our point estimates suggest a medium sized performance...