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    • public & political economics
      • Modern Slavery
      • lobbying
      • voting
      • country formation
    • industrial & health economics
      • auctions & multiple sourcing
      • health economics
    • contest theory
      • affirmative action
      • endogenous contest
      • strategic analysis
      • contest success functions
      • winner-pay contests
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micro theory

International Trade and Forced Labor

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 ~ matthiasdahm

with F. Albornoz, L. Frones, and T. Landman

The most recent unpublished version is here:  Slavery_and_Trade (March 2021). (This is part of my BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants SRG18R1-180545.)

We explore the link between trade liberalization and forced labor theoretically and empirically.
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Credence Goods, Costly Diagnosis, and Subjective Evaluation

April 19, 2015April 24, 2019 ~ matthiasdahm

with H Bester, Economic Journal, 2018, DOI

The most recent unpublished version is here:  Credence_EJ_forthcoming (November 2016).

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We study contracting between a consumer and an expert. Continue reading →

Free Mobility and Taste-Homogeneity of Jurisdiction Structures

April 4, 2015May 30, 2015 ~ matthiasdahm

International Journal of Game Theory, 2010, DOI

We consider a population of agents distributed on the unit interval. Agents form jurisdictions in order to provide a public facility and share its costs equally. Continue reading →

Efficiency and Stability in a Discrete Model of Country Formation

April 4, 2015May 30, 2015 ~ matthiasdahm

with K. Cechlárová and V. Lacko, Journal of Global Optimization, 2001, DOI

This paper studies efficient and stable country configurations in a simple model of country formation. Continue reading →

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