5 papers
Optimally Targeting Interventions in Networks during a Pandemic: Theory and Evidence from the Networks of Nursing Homes in the United States
Roland Pongou, Guy Tchuente, Jean-Baptiste Tondji
This study develops an economic model for a social planner who prioritizes health over short-term wealth accumulation during a pandemic. Agents are connected through a weighted und…
A Free and Fair Economy: A Game of Justice and Inclusion
Ghislain H. Demeze-Jouatsa, Roland Pongou, Jean-Baptiste Tondji
Frequent violations of fair principles in real-life settings raise the fundamental question of whether such principles can guarantee the existence of a self-enforcing equilibrium i…
Twin Estimates of the Effects of Prenatal Environment, Child Biology, and Parental Bias on Sex Differences in Early Age Mortality
Roland Pongou
Sex differences in early age mortality have been explained in prior literature by differences in biological make-up and gender discrimination in the allocation of household resourc…
Dark Markets with Multiple Assets: Segmentation, Asymptotic Stability, and Equilibrium Prices
Alain Bélanger, Ndouné Ndouné, Roland Pongou
We study a generalization of the model of a dark market due to Duffie-Gârleanu- Pedersen [6]. Our market is segmented and involves multiple assets. We show that this market has a u…
A Ladder Tournament
Roland Pongou, Bertrand Tchantcho, Narcisse Tedjeugang
Ladder tournaments are widely used to rank individuals in real-world organizations and games. Their mathematical properties however are still poorly understood. We formalize the ra…