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The Redistributive Aspects of ELIE: a simulationapproach

Lubrano, Michel - HAL - 2008

This paper analyses the problems linked to the implementation of the Equal Labour Income Equalisation (ELIE) scheme proposed by Kolm (2005). It successively studies the influence of uncertainty in the knowledge of individual incomes, the impact of equivalence scales and finally the consequences...

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Hidden Information, Bargaining Power, And Efficiency: An Experiment

Cabrales, Antonio; Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2011

We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of bargaining power on the design and the selection … agents affect outcomes and efficiency. Informational asymmetries generate inefficiency. In an environment where principals … principals. In contrast, when agents compete to be hired, efficiency improves dramatically, and it increases in the relative …

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Competition, Hidden Information and Efficiency: An Experiment

Cabrales, Antonio; Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2006

We devise an experiment to explore the effect of different degrees of competition on optimal contracts in a hidden … principals. We first show theoretically how these different degrees of competition affect outcomes and efficiency. Informational … inefficiencies remain. In contrast, when agents compete to be hired, efficiency improves dramatically, and it increases in the …

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Competition, Hidden information, and Efficiency: an Experiment

Cabrales, Antonio; Charness, Gary - HAL - 2006

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Effort and Comparison Income : Survey and Experimental Evidence

Clark, Andrew; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - HAL - 2006

This paper combines ISSP survey data and experimental evidence from a gift-exchange game to determine the effect of status or relative income on work effort. We find a strong effect of others' incomes on individual effort decisions in both datasets. The individual's rank in the income...

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Vive la Différence: Social Banks and Reciprocity in the Credit Market

Cornée, Simon; Szafarz, Ariane - HAL - 2013

Social banks are financial intermediaries paying attention to non-economic (i.e., social, ethical, and environmental) criteria. To investigate the behavior of social banks on the credit market, this paper proposes both theory and empirics. Our theoretical model rationalizes the idea that...

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Social status and crime

Arbak, Emrah - HAL - 2005

We consider a large population of agents choosing either to engage in a criminal activity or working. Individuals feel varying degrees of selfreproach if they commit criminal acts. In addition, they are concerned with their social status in society, based on others' perceptions of their values....

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Changing Identity: The Emergence of Social Groups

Horst, Ulrich; Kirman, Alan; Teschl, Miriam - HAL - 2006

Homo Economicus has progressed from an atomistic and self-interested individual in standard economics to a socially embedded agent in modern economics who is endowed with a particular social identity or with specific preferences for the latter. While this vision makesthe economic agent more...

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Justice distributive et justice commutative dans la société moderne

Billaudot, Bernard - HAL - 2011

L'auteur commence par un rappel de la distinction faite par Aristote qui concerne la justice comme vertu particulière …, et non pas ce qu'il appelle la justice totale. Or les théories récentes prises en compte traitent de la justice de l …'ordre social, ou encore de la justification des inégalités constatées à cette échelle, c'est-à-dire de la justice totale. Il y a …

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Petites et grandes entreprises face à la faillite au XIXème siècle en France : du droit à la pratique

Hautcoeur, Pierre-Cyrille; Levratto, Nadine - HAL - 2007

sources : la statistique annuelle des faillites mise en place à partir de 1840 par le Ministère de la Justice et les dossiers …

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