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New & Event Event JECO 2016 LYON Launched in 2008, ‘Journées de l’Économie’ is one of the biggest public economic events in France. Its main mission is to bridge the gap between general audiences and the latest research in economics. Five TSE professors participated in last year’s event, which gathered more than 10,000 people around the theme ‘A Societal Update’. Here are the subjects of their conferences: “There is a need for clearer objectives at the government level for innovation policies as well as performance indicators.” RETHINKING INNOVATION POLICIES JEAN TIROLE “Its is clear that voting systems have a large impact on election outcomes.” IS THE VOTING SYSTEM DETERMINING THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION? KARINE VAN DER STRAETEN “Daesch’s strategy is to convince potential recruits to join them based on the Koran and on the credibility of the end of the world.” “Internet platforms have replaced older real-life platforms but their much larger scale brings many fundamental changes.” “Research suggests that righteous indignation is a highly addictive recreational drug, hence the danger of policies designed to define how other people should behave.” THE ECONOMICS OF JIHAD GROUPS HOW TO DEAL WITH INTERNET PLATFORMS NUDGES AS PUBLIC POLICY TOOL JEAN-PAUL AZAM JACQUES CRÉMER PAUL SEABRIGHT 6 tse-fr.eu tse-fr.eu 7