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SUMMARY:The tragedy of cooperation within couples Decision making and mobi
 lity
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DESCRIPTION:André de-Palma \,  Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan\nABSTR
 ACT\n\nIndividuals in couples tend to behave cooperatively and empirical e
 vidence suggests that their decisions are Pareto efficient. However\, most
  of the literature has examined couples in isolation without studying the 
 consequences of their decisions for society as a whole. This paper develop
 s a theoretical model to study trip-timing decisions of couples in the con
 text of the morning commute by automobile when there is traffic congestion
 . Three settings are compared: (a) individuals living alone\, (b) couples 
 living together who make independent\, non-cooperative decisions\, and (c)
  couples who make cooperative decisions. Finally\, we briefly  discuss the
  implications of these results on the optimal manner to determine control 
 and pricing.\n\nBIO\n\nAndré de Palma has a PhD in Physics and one in Eco
 nomics.\nHe is a specialist in transportation economics\, and industrial o
 rganization.\nHe has developed the software METROPOLIS\, a dynamic model o
 f traffic congestion.\nHe has published more than 200 articles in Transpor
 tation\, Economics\, and Operations Research Journal\, and has written/edi
 ted 5 books.\nHe is currently teaching at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cac
 han and at Ecole Polytechnique\, in Paris. He is a senior member of Instit
 ut universitaire de France.
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