Conformity behavior, i.e. the agreement between an individual's choices and the prevailing behavior of a reference group, is a commonly observed phenomenon. Though some types of social interactions may give raise to specific incentives to adopt either a majoritarian or a contrarian behavior, we...

This works tests whether or not the introduction of divorce law changes the timing of marital search. Common sense suggests that rational agents should adjust to the divorce risk by increasing the average length of search spell, whereas the option value theory stresses the role played by...

This paper presents a command, reganat, which implements graph ically the method of regression anatomy as described by Angrist and Pischke (2009). This tool can help the analyst in the validation of linear models, since it produces a bi-dimensional scatterplot obtained under the control of other...

This paper presents a command, reganat, which implements graph ically the method of regression anatomy as described by Angrist and Pischke (2009). This tool can help the analyst in the validation of linear models, since it produces a bi-dimensional scatterplot obtained under the control of other...

We study the consequences of broader access to credit and to capital markets on household's decisions over the number of children. In a life-cycle model of choice with forward and backward caring between parents and children, we analyze the effects of relaxing adults' borrowing constrains and...

While corporate taxation is a major issue in the debate over international finance, economic theory has no clear stance on who bears its burden. On balance, economists seem still more prone to accept that taxing profits does not affect corporations' outcomes. This paper makes three cases for...

This paper presents a command, reganat, which implements graph ically the method of regression anatomy as described by Angrist and Pischke (2009). This tool can help the analyst in the validation of linear models, since it produces a bi-dimensional scatterplot obtained under the control of other...

While corporate income taxation is a major issue in the debate over international finance, economic theory has no clear stance on who bears its burden. On balance, economists seem still more prone to accept that taxing profits does not affect corporations’ outcomes. This paper makes three...

The persistence of demand for economic irrationality, as expressed by the big success gained by the literature on no-globalism, is an empirical puzzle and the recent book by Naomi Klein The Shock Doctrine (2007) is a rampant example. An explanation for this anomaly is provided by the theory of...

We study the consequences of broader access to credit and capital markets on household decisions over the number of children. A model of the net reproduction rate is estimated on data from 78 countries over the period 1995–2010. Liquidity constraints are approximated by private credit and...