This paper addresses adverse consequences of the European Union definition of a "service", especially regarding the Digital Single Market Strategy. After an introduction, the second section analyses through legal texts, its somewhat outdated view, where a "service" covers all intangible items....

A new definition of service has been proposed by Hill (1999) and endorsed by SNA and BOP last updates. The paper studies its consequences for industrial classifications, such as ISIC, and on the respective shares of goods and services producing sectors. The first section reminds the main...

Based on a gravity analysis, the paper shows that there is a significant relationship between goods and services exports, at least as they are measured in the current account of the BOP. Truly enough several recent works have already, but incidentally, shed some light on this issue. The paper is...

Notes de lecture sur Antonin Cohen, « De Vichy à la Communauté Européenne », PUF 2012, 430 p.

The paper deals with the links between goods and services exports. First it explains the reasons why services exports are presumably connected with manufacturing exports and altogether to goods exports. The paper scruti-nises the various headings of the services account of the BOP. It points out...

The paper deals with the links between goods and cross-borders services exports. First it explains the reasons why services exports are presumably connected with manufacturing exports and altogether to goods exports. The paper scrutinises the various headings of the services account of the BOP....

La crise des subprimes qui s’est prolongée par une crise budgétaire et des dettes souveraines a révélé les défauts de construction de la zone Euro. Les chefs de gouvernements sous l’impulsion, notamment de l’Allemagne, ont adopté une série de mesures pour « renforcer la...

L’Union Européenne (UE) est entrée dans une phase de négociation sur la future programmation budgétaire 2014-2020. Ces négociations se déroulent dans un climat difficile, à la fois du fait de la crise budgétaire qui frappe la plupart des pays européens, mais aussi parce que «...

Après avoir brièvement rappelé les raisons par lesquelles la théorie économique justifie traditionnellement le recours au péage urbain, l’article examine les principaux éléments qui expliquent les résistances des agents économiques, afin d’en comprendre les fondements économiques....