During the 90’s different academic works have pointed to an increase of social inequalities in France. The first part …

The paper is focused to the problem of external performances measurement of management in agribusiness. The measurement … is discussed in terms of the needs of public and commercial development institutions, researchers and other development … business development, as well as monitoring of the reforms and the allocation of development resources in accordance with the …

This paper models an agent in an infinite horizon setting who does not update according to Bayes' Rule, and who is self …

possible consequences. In particular, the ex post choice of beliefs is part of the representation of preference and not a …

This paper analyzes the self-identification process and its role in motivation. We build a model of self …-confidence where people have imperfect knowledge about their ability, which in most tasks is a complement to effort in determining … failures. This, in turn, helps explain the widely documented prevalence of self–serving beliefs –that is, the fact that most …

In this paper we show that making choices that involve conflicts between self-interest and otherregarding concerns may … deplete cognitive resources and willpower and thus reduce individuals' ability to exert self-control. In a lab experiment we …-interest and the interest of others: in a Conflict treatment the option that maximizes the dictator's payoff always minimizes the …

This paper uses insights from behavioral economics to explain a particularly surprising borrowing phenomenon: one in … especially tempting liquidity increase. Students who would receive the loan in cash are significantly more likely to turn it down …, suggesting that consumers choose to limit their liquidity in economically meaningful situations. © 2013 The President and Fellows …

, Bénabou and Tirole. In addition, we find that female students are more likely to have high self-control, but do not outperform …