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We have analyzed the popularization activities undertaken by ten thousand CNRS researchers by means of their annual reports for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. This is the first time that such an extensive statistical study on science popularization practices is carried out. Our main findings are...
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Recently, some cities decided to divide their transport network into several attractive and accessible parts (this procedure is called allotment) in order to reduce urban transit costs. Gains obtained by introducing more competition for the market should be compared with costs associated with...
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Le projet ETHEL vise à : - simuler les conséquences -au plan de la consommation d'énergie et d'émission de GES- d'hypothèses sociétales et technologiques sur l'évolution des modes de vie, des localisations d'activités, des types de logements associés, des offres de transports et des...
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Cet article cherche à évaluer les déterminants de la dynamique entrepreneuriale dans les régions françaises pour la période 1993-2004. On estime dans ce but un modèle dynamique de panel par la méthode de Blundell et Bond (1998) pour expliquer le taux de création d'entreprise (rapporté...
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This article tackles one central issue in the regional science literature: the persistence of regional disparities in unemployment within national economies. Our approach is original as Okun's coefficients are estimated for each of the 22 administrative French regions over the period 1990-2008,...
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Using data from a household survey carried out in the French overseas territory of Réunion, we investigate the price of drinking-water perceived by households faced with an increasing, multi-step pricing scheme. To this purpose we use an improved version of the method introduced by Shin (1985)...
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L'article présente et exploite une enquête réalisée auprès de 2000 ménages, par nos soins à la Réunion. L'objectif est d'analyser les comportements de consommation d'eau potable afin de réduire les excès de consommation domestique. On estime pour cela la fonction de demande d'eau. On...
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L'article dresse un bilan de la littérature consacrée à la mise en évidence des comportements concurrentiels des gouvernements locaux de même échelon. Les travaux recensés s'articulent autour de deux axes principaux. Les premiers tests sont fondés sur les déterminants des choix de...
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This research aims at appraising the determinants of entrepreneurship dynamism in the French administrative regions over the period 1993-2004. First, we highlight how the regional territory may be considered under a double dimension in order to explain the differentials between the regional...
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This article tackles one central issue in the regional science literature: the persistence of regional disparities in unemployment within national economies. Our approach is original as Okun's coefficients are estimated for each of the 22 administrative French regions over the period 1990-2008,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011025984