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Climate change mitigation requires to replace preexisting carbon-intensive capital with different types of cleaner capital. Coal power and inefficient thermal engines may be phased out by gas power and efficient thermal engines or by renewable power and electric vehicles. We derive the optimal...
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The "Geography of Innovation" is based on the desire to give empirical foundations to the explanations behind the pronounced spatial polarisation of the innovation activities. It focuses on an attempt to measure the spatial dimension of knowledge externalities, in order to reveal their role in...
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sample period is split in two: before and after the MFI implemented France's regulatory EUR 10,000 loan ceiling. In the first …
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This paper is the first result of a project aiming at understanding the history of bankruptcy law from an empirical economic perspective. By contrast with some proponents of "law and economics" (e.g. La Porta & alii, 1998), we consider that the impact of bankruptcy law on national economic...
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of the swine-origin A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic, we use an interactive study among the general public in the South of France …
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could play a minor effect in immigrants' decision to retire. Using detailed data on immigrants living in France collected in …
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Cette étude faite au niveau général du budget ne présage cependant rien en ce qui concerne le détail de chacun des postes de dépense. Or, l'hypothèse d'un investissement en grande partie lié aux dépenses passées et aux caractéristiques actuelles est tout à fait plausible pour le...
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little interest in France and other non-Anglo-Saxon environments? In a qualitative theory-building approach, this paper … assesses the gap in workplace practices adoption among the US, the UK, and France and analyzes in-depth interviews with 44 … human resources (HR) officers, employee representatives, unions, and work-life service providers in France. Five main …
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and mitigating agency costs. Because France is characterized by a weak legal system, highly concentrated ownership …
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Despite decades of gender-balanced recruitment and clear-cut criteria for promotion based on meritocracy, women in public accounting firms remain proportionally fewer in number in the highest levels of the hierarchy than men. This paper aims to explore the mechanisms fostering women's rarity in...
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