La région métropolitaine de Montréal s'élargit d'année en année. La pression sur les transports, tous modes confondus, s'intensifie. Pour répondre à cette demande croissante, des investissements de 14,6 milliards $ sont requis d'ici 2021 pour les transports collectifs. L'objectif de...

Financial institutions frequently describe and advertise the benefits of having a financial advisor. Industry participants routinely claim that advice contributes by, among other things, improving savings and investment behaviours, selecting appropriate financial products, improving the tax...

Les inégalités de réussite scolaire selon le milieu social d'origine sont des sources de débat important lorsque l'on discute de l'accessibilité aux études postsecondaires. Le document présente une expérience qui comporte des tâches réelles à réaliser et qui vise à reproduire un...

The World Trade Center attack has shed light on the urgent need to implement preventing measures against terrorism and to enhance cooperation in the global security system for all countries. However, international coordination cannot be taken for granted. It is often ineffective and likely to...

The purpose of the study is to collect information that can be used to design a policy to induce the poor to invest in human capital. We use laboratory experimental methodology to measure the preferences and choices of the target population of a proposed government policy. We recruited 256...

We provide an experimental analysis of competitive insurance markets with adverse selection. Our parameterized version of the lemons' model (Akerlof 1970) in the insurance context predicts total crowding out of low-risks when insurers offer a single full insurance contract. The therapy proposed...