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PLOS ONE | 2015

Markets and Morals: An Experimental Survey Study

Julio Elias; Nicola Lacetera; Mario Macis

Most societies prohibit some market transactions based on moral concerns, even when the exchanges would benefit the parties involved and would not create negative externalities. A prominent example is given by payments for human organs for transplantation, banned virtually everywhere despite long waiting lists and many deaths of patients who cannot find a donor. Recent research, however, has shown that individuals significantly increase their stated support for a regulated market for human organs when provided with information about the organ shortage and the potential beneficial effects a price mechanism. In this study we focused on payments for human organs and on another “repugnant” transaction, indoor prostitution, to address two questions: (A) Does providing general information on the welfare properties of prices and markets modify attitudes toward repugnant trades? (B) Does additional knowledge on the benefits of a price mechanism in a specific context affect attitudes toward price-based transactions in another context? By answering these questions, we can assess whether eliciting a market-oriented approach may lead to a relaxation of moral opposition to markets, and whether there is a cross-effect of information, in particular for morally controversial activities that, although different, share a reference to the “commercialization” of the human body. Relying on an online survey experiment with 5,324 U.S. residents, we found no effect of general information about market efficiency, consistent with morally controversial markets being accepted only when they are seen as a solution to a specific problem. We also found some cross-effects of information about a transaction on the acceptance of the other; however, the responses were mediated by the gender and (to a lesser extent) religiosity of the respondent—in particular, women exposed to information about legalizing prostitution reduced their stated support for regulated organ payments. We relate these findings to prior research and discuss implications for public policy.


The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review | 2018

Allocating production risks through credit cum insurance contracts: the design and implementation of a fund for small cotton growers to access market finance

Mauro Alem; Julio Elias

Collateral requirements that lenders place on small cotton producers can lead to risk rationing and to farmers’ dependence on downstream parties. This paper presents a cotton fund that consists of a set of contracts – credit, insurance, warrant and forward – that enables producers to tackle specific agricultural risks and gain access to market finance. These financial contracts proved to be successful at guaranteeing the fund as issuer of state-contingent debt securities in the capital markets. The fund, as an intermediary, lent to cooperatives to help finance small cotton producers in northern Argentina. The paper explains the experimental design of this innovative fund and presents a potential alternative to government intervention by moving away from ex post subsidies for small producers and, instead, facilitating ex ante private credit. The paper contributes to the literature on rural financial intermediation by designing a new mechanism to raise funds coming from relatively uninformed investors and creating collateral substitutes through delegated monitoring to overcome asymmetric information and limited commitment.


Archive | 2013

Argentina’s Regional Performance: 1970–2010

Víctor Elías; Mauro Alem; Julio Elias; Maria Antonella Mancino

The aim of this chapter is to characterize and explain the evolution of provincial and regional GDP per capita in Argentina in the period 1970–2010 and the difference on its levels across provinces and regions. We draw on several factors related to economic development, on the basis of its initial and current value, including: education, financial sector development, urbanization, exports, inputs, productivity, tax burden, size of firms, among others. We also analyze the role of public policy on regional development.


Journal of Economic Perspectives | 2007

Introducing Incentives in the Market for Live and Cadaveric Organ Donations

Gary S. Becker; Julio Elias


The American Economic Review | 2015

Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes toward Payments for Human Organs

Julio Elias; Nicola Lacetera; Mario Macis


Archive | 2003

Introducing incentives in the market for live and cadaveric organs

Gary S. Becker; Julio Elias


Archive | 2002

Introducing incentives in the market for living organ donations

Gary S. Becker; Julio Elias


Archive | 2006

Determinants of Popularity among Adolescents in Argentina

Julio Elias; Lucas Ronconi


Research Department Publications | 2007

Discrimination and Social Networks: Popularity among High School Students in Argentina

Víctor Elías; Lucas Ronconi; Julio Elias


World Medical & Health Policy | 2017

Understanding Repugnance: Implications for Public Policy

Julio Elias; Nicola Lacetera; Mario Macis

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Mario Macis

Johns Hopkins University

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Lucas Ronconi

State University of New York System

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Víctor Elías

State University of New York System

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Mauro Alem

Inter-American Development Bank

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