La question de la dépendance aux produits pétroliers, notamment pour le secteur des transports, est aujourd'hui une préoccupation majeure. Comme indiqué dans le chapitre de prospective sur l'énergie fossile (Wingert+Hivert), les contraintes sur l'offre en ressources, et donc sur les prix,...

La volonté de limiter l'usage de produits pétroliers et plus généralement de sources d'énergie contenant du carbone (pétrole, gaz et charbon) existe notamment pour des raisons économiques et environnementales (émissions de gaz à effets de serre). Si les pays anciennement...

This article presents a microeconometric analysis of the annual mileage travelled by French households with their personal cars, defining their automobility. To feature car use dependence, the rational addiction model of Becker et al. (1994) is applied on a panel dataset, drawn from the French...

The private car currently dominates travel in large metropolitan areas and its use is on the increase, in spite of the fact that public opinion is generally in favour of the development of public transport and political statements which reflect this opinion. Furthermore, the available...

L'usage privé de l'automobile domine largement les déplacements dans les grandes aires métropolitaines. Son usage y est croissant, et ce malgré une opinion publique généralement favorable au développement des transports publics et des prises de position politiques qui reflètent cette...

This paper presents a structural equation model of household fleet fuel efficiency and car use. It allows to weigh the contribution of car equipment changes and car use adjustments to the price elasticity of household demand for fuel. This model is implemented using a panel dataset of 322...

Understanding the history of econometrics as a modern science also asks for understanding of the development of the image of science, which includes the history of philosophy of science and the history of economic methodology. Beside that philosophers of science need to be historically informed,...

Understanding the history of econometrics as a modern science also asks for understanding of the development of the image of science, which includes the history of philosophy of science and the history of economic methodology. Beside that philosophers of science need to be historically informed,...

In this paper, we shed light on the selection of the benefi ciaries from the French competitiveness cluster policy which was launched in 2005 and extended to 2012. We disentangle the selection and self-selection eff ects, as emphasized in the theoretical literature on regional and industrial...

Will employment instability be the employment pattern tomorrow? Many studies support this view which is first discussed on the basis of various statistical studies already carried out. A general trend of employment instability is not proved to be true by statistical data. These data show that...