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We analyze the interaction of economic and political determinants of free trade agreements (FTA). In addition to standard trade gains, FTAs can promote peaceful...

Free trade in audio-visual services has faced opposition on the grounds that foreign media undermine domestic culture, and ultimately, global diversity. Using a long...

This paper analyzes the reaction of exporters to exchange rate changes. We present a model where, in the presence of distribution costs in the export market, high and...

This paper is a reflection on the conditions required to use Optimal Matching Analysis (OMA) in sociology. The success of OMA in biology is not related to any supposed...

This paper investigates the consequences of replacing the assumption of Pareto heterogeneity with log-normal heterogeneity. This case is interesting because it (a)...

L'objet de cet article est de proposer une lecture de l'évolution des faits et des idées économiques, dans la perspective de montrer que les vieilles idées...

Is corporate financial structure a determinant of non-price competitiveness in export markets? In this paper we provide a positive answer to this question by finding...

This paper is aimed at showing the complementarity between Richardson's and Hicks' contributions as regards the sketching out of a proper analytical framework for...

Cet article décrit les transformations de la position des femmes sur le marché du travail aux Etats-Unis tant sous l'angle quantitatif que qualitatif, en s'appuyant...

Our findings indicate that the former split of CEECs in terms of business cycles synchronization with the euro area does not hold as soon as the recent period is taken...

L'expérimentation du revenu de solidarité active (RSA) prévue dans la loi du 21 août 2007 en faveur du travail, de l'emploi et du pouvoir d'achat (" loi Tepa ") est la...

This paper investigates the relation between export behaviour and the exchange rate at firm level. We use a dataset of French manufacturing firms from 1994 to 2004, to...

Sunk costs due to entry into foreign markets are used as the main justification of the relationship between firm productivity and exports. We use a large-scale dataset...

Dans lapproche standard en économie dite de "lélecteur médian égoïste", le niveau de redistribution dans une société démocratique est censé croître avec linégalité de...

The existence of costs to consumers to switch between products is central to the process by which firms set prices. Their effect on the introduction and diffusion of...

Ce papier propose une revue synthétique du lien entre vieillissement, capacités cognitives, productivité et employabilité des seniors. Il s'agit notamment d'analyser...

Depuis la création du RMI en 1988, les débats sur une simplification de l'ensemble du système des minima sociaux se sont constamment renouvelés, avec une acuité...

This paper analyses post-entry and pre-exit performance of French firms using a dataset covering 14 manufacturing industries over the period 1990-2002. The main focus...

We investigate the relationship between product innovation and firm survival for a sample of 121 firms in a high-tech industry. We find that location near the...

Over the past two decades, nearly all developing countries and transition economies have undertaken important changes in their trade regimes, often as part of World...