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The U.S. economy today: Between systemic crisis and permanent war.

Herrera, Rémy - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2013

This paper studies the U.S. economy from an original point of view: that of the links existing between crisis and war …. The first part analyzes the workings of the current crisis, considered to be a “systemic” one. The second part places the … U.S. economy at the very heart of this crisis. The third part emphasizes the limitations of the anti-crisis policies …

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Military spending: A perspective on the restructuring dynamics of the defense sector.

Gentilucci, Eleonora - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2012

This article is articulated in two sections. In the first-one we try to explain the dynamics of military spending and others social expenditures in the period 1988-2010 for the United States. According to empirical data we support the argument that there is a remarkable trade-off in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711844

The health consequences of Mozambican civil war : an anthropometric approach.

Domingues, Patrick - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2010

Survivors are the ones who bear the burden of reconstruction, thus the examination of the costs of civil conflicts to survivors health is crucial for the design of post-war economic policies. This paper investigates this question for the Mozambican civil war, using an original geo-referenced...

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Trade, conflicts and political integration : explaining the heterogeneity of regional trade agreements.

Vicard, Vincent - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2008

This paper investigates the determinants of the shape of regional trade agreements (RTAs). Because the world is constituted by independent political entities, international trade flows take place in a system where property rights are unsecured and RTAs should be understood as regulation...

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Notes sur les bases et les effectifs militaires états-uniens à l'étranger.

Herrera, Rémy; Cicchini, Joëlle - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2013

This paper, mainly methodological, aims at providing an estimation of the number of U.S. military bases and personnel worldwide. The first part proposes a periodization of the spread of U.S. military bases. The second part exposes the official statistical data disseminated by the US Department...

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Work organization and preferences dynamics.

Hiller, Victor - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2007

We present a model with intergenerational transmission of preferences providing a joint explanation of preference evolution and of work organization changes in a society. We focus on the preference for autonomy, defined as an individual's degree of initiative and the value they attach to self...

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Divorce decisions, divorce laws and social norms.

Hiller, Victor; Recoules, Magali - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2010

This article focuses on the three way relationship between change in divorce law, evolution of divorce rate and evolution of the cultural acceptance of divorce. We consider a heterogeneous population in which individuals differ in terms of the subjective loss they suffer when divorced, this loss...

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Gender inequality, endogenous cultural norms and economic development.

Hiller, Victor - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2008

This research focuses on the role played by cultural norms in the long run persistence of gender inequalities. Cultural norms about gender roles are considered to be endogenous and can generate gender inequality and low development traps. Indeed, when the gender gap is internalized, it leads to...

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Are autographs integrating the global art market? The case of hedonic prices for French autographs (1960-2005).

Mendoza, Ileana Miranda; Gardes, François; Greffe, Xavier - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2014

The market for autographs has become more open to international buyers since 1990. Our data set features a large sample of store and auction sales for selected authors every five years from 1960 to 2005. The estimation of a hedonic price function shows that page count, type of author, date and...

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Beauty, Polygyny, and Fertility: Theory and Evidence.

Cahu, Paul; Fall, Falilou; Pongou, Roland - Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 … - 2014

We propose a simple model of a mating economy in both monogamous and polygynous cultures, and derive implications for how polygyny affects individual and aggregate fertility. We find that an attractive woman is more likely to find a high-status husband. However, when polygyny is allowed,...

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