This paper looks for firm-level evidence that high rates of protection breed concentration of firm activities into highly protected sectors, endogenously generating vested interests in the maintenance of protection. We combine data on the EU’s trade protection for food and agricultural...

[spa] Efïcacia técnica y ganancias potenciales de productividad de las explotaciones cerealistas francesas, . por Isabelle Piot, Jean-Philippe Boussemart, Benoît Dervaux, Dominique Vermesch.. . En este estudio se examina la hipótesis segûn la cual el nivel de efïcacia microeconómica...

[spa] Una disyuntiva para las firmas multinacionales : exportaciones intrafirma o directas I Por que se deciden las empresas por unos intercambios intrafirma En que medida influye esta decision en el volumen de exportaciones ? En Francia, por ejemplo, estos intercambios representan la tercera...

[eng] International economic literature acknowledges the increasing importance of intra-firm trade (30% of world trade). The purpose of this paper is to use an empirical approach to test how the determinants of these exchanges exert a different influence on the firm's internal and external...

[eng] Macroeconomic analysis of food industry since 1945 - Taking into consideration food industry as a full industrial sector, we show that the modifications of its productive apparatus find their roots in the transformation of the central accumulation regime after the war [fre] Considérant...

[fre] La réalité de la tarification qui s'applique sur les marchés européens est différente de celle qui est négociée à I'omc. Cette situation conduit à une estimation d'un niveau de protection appliqué dans le cadre de la nation la plus favorisée (24 %) supérieur à celui qui est...

[eng] Our purpose is to understand the situation of France and Germany in the european market integration of agricultural and agro-food products during the eighthies. Do we observe a reinforcement of the specializations or, on the contrary, are the national productions more and more rival? To...

According to the concept of sustainable development, available natural resources are limited and disproportionately exploited. The growing depletion of these resources is leading to intergenerational disparities, as it systematically deprives future generations of a standard of living even...

This paper contributes to the debate over the effectiveness of education policies in reducing overall health inequalities as compared to public health actions directed at the less-educated. Recentered Influence Function (RIF) regressions are used to decompose the contribution of education to the...