In this note, the authors 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 and the 1-year period before and after the 2010...

[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...

[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...

Experts' opinions play an important role in the gastronomic market for the following reasons: information is imperfect and very costly to acquire and quality is, in large part, subjective and consumers need experts to define it. The number of guidebooks currently issued, their success (Michelin:...

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...

[eng] Champagne is a product whose quality is difficult to evaluate, even a posteriori, by the consumer. Firms exploit this particularity and invest in reputation either by producing a wine of high quality or by means of public recognition through advertising. Thus, it is optimal for a producer...