Social pressure can help overcome the free rider problem associated with public good provision. In the social norms literature concerned with the private provision of public goods there seems to be an implicit belief that it is best to have all agents adhere to the ‘good’ social norm. We challenge this view and study optimal government policy in a reference model (Rege, 2004) of public good provision and social approval in a dynamic setting.
The Chair Energy and Prosperity will welcome Roger Guesnerie in it's seminar on Septembre 29th. His speach will be on the following subject : "Calcul économique : à propos de quelques débats concernant le risque et le développement durable"
France Stratégie and the Chair Energy et Prosperity are teaming up to organize a workshop on the contribution of the financial system to the energy transition and climate stabilization. The
We consider the problem of stopping a diffusion process with a payoff functional involving probability distortion. We study stopping decisions of naïve agents who reoptimize continuously in time, as well as equilibrium strategies of sophisticated agents who anticipate but lack control over their future selves’ behaviors.
Article published in Environmental and Resource Economics – September 2017 Abstract. We consider a partial equilibrium model to study the optimal phasing out of...
Article published in Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications (August 2017). Abstract. In this paper we consider some elementary and fair zero-sum games...
This paper presents novel approach about ethnic polarization in a country and extends its relevance beyond social conflict and civil wars to subjective well-being (SWB) and relational capabilities construct.
Published in Energy Policy June 2017. This paper studies merger incentives for polluting Cournot firms under a competitive tradable emission permits market.
Face aux limites de la finance révélées par la crise des subprimes, les banques publiques ont été mises en avant pour leur capacité à financer des projets de taille importante, à maturité longue, générant des externalités positives. Ce séminaire questionne l’inflexion du cadre institutionnel européen : va-t-elle ralentir la transition écologique ? Est-elle de...
Dans un contexte international radicalement nouveau, l’Europe cherche à garder sa place dans l’économie mondiale et affirme sa volonté d’aller vers l’autonomie stratégique. Deux table-rondes discuteront du rôle du secteur bancaire et financier dans cette ambition, faisant dialoguer des représentants du monde financier, des experts et académiques, ainsi que des politiques et représentants du monde...
