Bravo Edward Levavasseur for having successfully defending your PhD thesis at Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) under the direction of Nicolas Gravel and Francesco Andreoli.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats".
This year, Sciences Echos Conferences are open to everyone! Online registration required. "Why do we get into a relationship?" "What do economics teach us in times of epidemics?" "Can the carbon tax be fair?" "Why put off until tomorrow what we can do today" These questions will be answered by researchers in economics.
What is the impact of soil productivity on conflicts? According to Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier and Raphaël Soubeyran, the risk of violence increases in proportion to the level of difference in soil fertility.
Should we favor large metropolises over small communities? Centralizing helps reduce expenses but when public authorities lack some of the relevant information, opting for a federal structure may be the way to go.
