We model the optimal behavior of the public decision-maker of an African country plagued by covid-19, with little fiscal room for maneuver and facing a health-economy dilemma. The model shows that a substantial part of the economic costs of covid-19 is due to a deficit in tropicalization of the...

This papers studies three questions. What do we know about criminals 'preferences ? How should we represent such preferences ? What are the consequences for law enforcement policies ?

À l’origine de cette thèse se trouve la question suivante : « Qu’est-ce qui rend possible et justifie que les licenciements économiques soient de plus en plus nombreux dans les entreprises en bonne santé ? » Autrement dit : « en quoi les décisions de licenciement sont-elles des...

Abstract: The decision theory under risk or uncertainty has for object to describe the behavior of agents facing several uncertainty perspectives, waited that every agent is characterized by preferences that are him clean. As it is difficult to describe these preferences exhaustively, we try to...

The decision theory under risk or uncertainty has object to describe the behaviour of agents facing several uncertainty perspectives, waited that every agent is characterized by his own preferences. As it is difficult to describe these preferences exhaustively, we try to represent them: thus,...

The objective of this paper is to identify the determinants of household access to credit from tontines in Cameroon. We use a univariate probit model on a sample of households from the fourth Cameroonian household survey (ECAM IV) collected by the National Institute of Statistics in 2014. Thus,...

The objective of this paper is to identify the determinants of household access to credit from tontines in Cameroon. We use a univariate probit model on a sample of households from the fourth Cameroonian household survey (ECAM IV) collected by the National Institute of Statistics in 2014. Thus,...

In a world characterized by the occurrence of uncontrollable and extreme events investors are often required to make decisions on the basis of the available information. The challenge they face is how to manipulate these information sets in order to get what can lead them to the optimal...

This paper deals with informal firms’ behavior regarding tax registration and compliance. Data from the Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) survey in Senegal, conducted by the World Bank in 2004, were used within a microeconometric framework. Results reveal that taxes owed by unregistered...

This purpose of our paper is to explores the consequences of uncertainty on the remittances.These transfers are sent by a diaspora of emigrants who are motivated by altruism rather than pure self-interest. Migrants are assumed to care about the consumption of home-resident family members as well...