Julio Elias

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• Quality and safety for substances of human origins: scientific evidence and the new EU regulations. BMJ global health Elias, J. J., Lacetera, N., Macis, M., Ockenfels, A., Roth, A. E. 2024; 9 (4)

  View details for DOI 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015122

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• The shortage of kidneys for transplant: Altruism, exchanges, opt in vs. opt out, and the market for kidneys JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION Becker, G. S., Elias, J., Ye, K. J. 2022; 202: 211-226

  View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.08.009

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• Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Elias, J. J., Lacetera, N., Macis, M. 2019; 109 (8): 2855-2888

  View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.20180568

  View details for Web of Science ID 000477938900006

• Sample of <i>The Power of the Economic Approach: Unpublished Manuscripts of Gary S. Becker</i>, Edited by Julio J. Elias, Casey B. Mulligan, and Kevin M. Murphy, University of Chicago Press (Forthcoming) JOURNAL OF HUMAN CAPITAL Elias, J. J., Mulligan, C. B., Murphy, K. M. 2019; 13 (2): 140-156

  View details for DOI 10.1086/703354

  View details for Web of Science ID 000469967400002

• Allocating production risks through credit cum insurance contracts: the design and implementation of a fund for small cotton growers to access market finance Alem, M., Jorge Elias, J. WAGENINGEN ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS. 2018: 237-248

  View details for DOI 10.22434/IFAMR2017.0116

  View details for Web of Science ID 000427365600005

• Understanding Repugnance: Implications for Public Policy WORLD MEDICAL & HEALTH POLICY Elias, J. J., Lacetera, N., Macis, M. 2017; 9 (4): 489-504

  View details for DOI 10.1002/wmh3.246

  View details for Web of Science ID 000415668400007

• Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW Elias, J. J., Lacetera, N., Macis, M., Salardi, P. 2017; 107 (5): 76-80

  View details for DOI 10.1257/aer.p20171098

  View details for Web of Science ID 000402551700014

• Markets and morals: an experimental survey study. PloS one Elias, J. J., Lacetera, N., Macis, M. 2015; 10 (6): e0127069

  Abstract

  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.

  View details for DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0127069

  View details for PubMedID 26030927

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• Argentina's Regional Performance: 1970-2010 REGIONAL PROBLEMS AND POLICIES IN LATIN AMERICA Elias, V. J., Alem, M., Elias, J. J., Antonella Mancino, M., CuadradoRoura, Aroca, P. 2013: 243-278

  View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-39674-8_11

  View details for Web of Science ID 000337697300011

• Discrimination and Social Networks: Popularity among High School Students in Argentina DISCRIMINATION IN LATIN AMERICA: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Elias, J., Elias, V., Ronconi, L., Nopo, H., Chong, A., Moro, A. 2010: 97-134

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• Introducing incentives in the market for live and cadaveric organ donations Becker, G. S., Elias, J. AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC. 2007: 3-24

  View details for DOI 10.1257/jep.21.3.3

  View details for Web of Science ID 000249349000001

  View details for PubMedID 19728419