[eng] Two traditional assumption of dynamic demand models intertemporal separability and the recursivity of the utility function are here analyzed in detail .The kind of preferences underlying each utility function is first derived. We show that if separability easily accepts recursivity it is...

The explanation of social inequalities in education is still a debated issue in economics. Recent empirical studies tend to downplay the potential role of credit constraint. This article tests a different potential explanation of social inequalities in education, specifically that social...

We make use of experimental economics to examine how people adjust their supply of work effort in response to a variation in tax rates. Participants are paired in the experiment. In each pair, one participant randomly chosen has to exert an effort and is taxed to the benefit of the other...