Browsing Geary Institute Working Papers by Author "Lanot, Gauthier"

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Monotonicity and the Roy model

Chevalier, Arnaud ; Lanot, Gauthier (University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2002-05)

In this note we study the implications on a bivariate normal Roy Model of two sets of monotonicity hypotheses proposed recently by Manski and Pepper (2000). In that simple context, we show that these hypotheses imply strong ...
Who really wants to be a millionaire? Estimates of risk aversion from gameshow data

Hartley, Roger ; Lanot, Gauthier ; Walker, Ian (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2006-05-10)

This paper analyses the behaviour of TV gameshow contestants to estimate risk aversion. We are able to show that the gameshow participants are broadly representative of the population as a whole. The gameshow has a number ...