Calendrier du 06 juin 2018
Development Economics Seminar
Du 06/06/2018 de 16:30 à 18:00
salle R2-01, campus Jourdan - 48 bd Jourdan 75014 Paris
SADOULET Elisabeth (UC Berkeley)
Subsidy Policies and Insurance Demand
écrit avec Jing Cai (University of Maryland), NBER and BREAD & Alain de Janvry (University of California at Berkeley)
Using data from a two-year randomized pricing experiment in China, we study the
impact and design of subsidy policies for weather insurance. Results show that subsidies
are effective in boosting demand in the short-run but not in the longer term. Exploring
the channels, we show that while subsidies increase the direct and social effects of
payout experiences by enlarging coverage, they also dampen these effects by reducing
attention to payouts. We estimate a demand model for policy simulations. Results
suggest that the optimum subsidy scheme should be continuously adjusted based on
the policy objective and on past subsidies and payouts.
Economic History Seminar
Du 06/06/2018 de 12:30 à 14:00
Salle R2-01, Campus Jourdan, 48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
HURET Romain (EHESS/CENA)
Rethinking the Death Tax's Origins: States, Federalism and Inheritance Tax in the United States (1826-1929)