Economics and infectious disease
Here are two of my published papers on the economics of infectious disease (both co-authored …
God insures those who pay? Formal insurance and religious offerings in Ghana.
This paper, which is joint with Emmanuelle Auriol, Julie Lassébie, Amma Panin and Eva Raiber, …
Joint Ownership of Production Projects as a Commitment Device against Interest Groups
This paper with Nicoletta Berardi has been published in the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical …
Parent-Offspring Conflict over Mate Choice: an experimental study in China
This paper, the result of our project with Jeanne Bovet, Eva Raiber, Weiwei Ren and …
Religion and Entrepreneurship: A Match Made in Heaven?
Just published in Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions 175 (2016), pp. 201-219. The pdf is …
Migration and the equilibrium prevalence of infectious diseases
This paper, joint with Alice Mesnard, is forthcoming in the Journal of Demographic Economics, and …
Market Size and Pharmaceutical Innovation
This article (joint with Pierre Dubois, Olivier de Mouzon and Fiona Scott Morton), has now …
A Model of Smiling as a Costly Signal of Cooperation Opportunities
This article, joint with Samuele Centorrino, Elodie Djemai, Astrid Hopfensitz and Manfred Milinski, has now …
The Schubert Effect: When Flourishing Businesses Crowd Out Human Capital
This article, joint with Guido Friebel and Jibirila Leinyuy, has appeared in World Development, April …
Honest signalling in trust interactions: smiles rated as genuine induce trust and signal higher earnings opportunities
This paper by Samuele Centorrino, Elodie Djemai, Astrid Hopfensitz,Manfred Milinski and me has now appeared …