(January 2015) 5 papers... in 5 minutes !
- On discrimination in auctions with endogenous entry - Philippe Jehiel and Laurent Lamy. Auction theory provides us with a theoretical framework for assessing the potential benefits of favouring tender bids by domestic firms over foreign companies...
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- Fair retirement under risky lifetime - Marc Fleurbaey, Marie-Louise Leroux, Pierre Pestieau and Gregory Ponthière. The increase in life expectancy has been a major achievement of our societies, but such demographic change raises questions about the financial sustainability of retirement schemes...
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- On the Existence of Approximate Equilibria and Sharing Rule Solutions in Discontinuous Game - Philippe Bich and Rida Laraki. The notion of non-cooperative games can be a model for numerous conflict situations (such as auction theory, price and quantity competition and vote theory). In this context, the Nash equilibrium is a classic tool...
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- The Formation of Migrant Networks - Margherita Comola and Mariapia Mendola. Social ties are especially important for migrant populations : generally, new arrivals have none or few of the skills wanted by the host country, and their knowledge of that is often virtually non-existent...
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- L’évaluation de la taille de l’économie informelle par un système complet de demande estimé sur données monétaires et temporelles - Armagan T. Aktuna Gunes, François Gardes and Christophe Starzec. It is generally considered that informal economic activities are explained by the double motives of avoiding tax and improving living standards. Identifying black markets and how they work, a crucial goal for public authoritie...