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On-line workshop on Friday 27 November 2020 A presentation will be made by researchers who have observed the whole process of this citizen assembly that started in October 2019. Then a panel discussion will be offered by specialists of deliberative democracy and political philosophy. Are such citizen participatory schemes a political sideshow or a key […]
Vincent Berthet, Camille Dorin, Jean-Christophe Vergnaud, Vincent de Gardelle* This article was originally published in the October 2020 edition of the 5 papers…in 5 minutes. Individual preferences in redistribution is a topic of great interest for economics and political science scholars. Two main factors determine these preferences: personal interest and equity. Fairly obviously, economic interests push wealthy […]
Margherita Comola*, Silvia Prina This article was originally published in the October 2020 edition of the 5 papers… in 5 minutes. The importance of social interactions is currently an active field of study in economics. But in which circumstances we form and sever these links? In reality social connections are not set in stone, but they […]
Luc Arrondel*, Richard Duhautois, Cédric Zimmer This article was originally published in the October 2020 edition of the 5 papers… in 5 minutes. The impact of the individual leadership of a CEO on the performance of a company has been widely discussed in the literature, but the effect remains indefinite: very strong for some companies, negligible […]
Jean-François Laslier*, Matias Núñez and Remzi Sanver This article was originally published in the September 2020 edition of the 5 papers…in 5 minutes. How can we help two people, or two intelligent entities, to come to a decision when their interests diverge partially? Customs and laws propose criteria to decide whether an outcome is “fair”, “good”, […]
Daniel Herrera-Araujo and Lise Rochaix* This article was originally published in the September 2020 edition of the 5 papers…in 5 minutes. All humans face a wide array of risks to health and life, but they differ in their valuations of wealth, health and life. It seems natural to expect that individuals’ valuations for reducing risks to […]