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Shannon's measure of information, path averages and the origins of random utility models in transport itinerary or mode choice analysis

Gaudry, Marc; Quinet, Emile - HAL - 2012

We interpret the often mentioned difference between Logsum and average utility in terms of Shannon's (1948) information measure S, leading to a Path Aggregation THeorem (PATH). It states that, in transport networks where unique measures of the utility of multiple paths are required for demand...

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The determinants of Job Access Channels: Evidence from the Youth Labor Market in France

Ghrairi, Jihan - HAL - 2013

This article aims to study youth employability on the job access channel that provided their entry into the labor market. We examine the determinants of the formal and informal job access channels. For this purpose, we estimate a Multinomial Logit model of access channels controlling for...

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Determinants of Internal Migration among Senegalese Youth

HERRERA, Catalina; Sahn, David - HAL - 2013

We analyze the socio-economic determinants of youth decision to internally migrate in Senegal. Young people undertake mostly rural-to-rural and urban-to-urban migrations and over half of them are temporary migrants. Using multinomial logit models, we estimate the role of household and community...

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Cooperatives' contributions to a plural economy

Blanc, Jérôme; Colongo, Denis - HAL - 2011

General introduction to the book

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Guest editorial. Theorizing economic plurality and making it mainstream is crucial

Blanc, Jérôme - HAL - 2011

. All three discuss the specific contributions of cooperatives in the context of organizational plurality. Under a … Borzaga, Depedri and Tortia discuss theories able to properly analyze the specific role of cooperatives and social enterprises … cooperatives concerning financial inclusion. …

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A coherent agri-energy policy to foster social inclusion for peasant families: the role of Petrobras on the João Câmara and Ceará-Mirim sites (state of Rio Grande do Norte)

Drouvot, C.M; Drouvot, H.; Perluss, P.M - HAL - 2010

have benefited from agrarian reform (termed “assentamentos” i.e. homesteads) through the creation of farming cooperatives …

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Does the law alone explain the rise in bankruptcies in XIXth century France?

Hautcoeur, Pierre-Cyrille; Levratto, Nadine - HAL - 2006

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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Schumpeter on money, banking and finance: An institutionalist perspective

Festré, Agnès; Nasica, Eric - HAL - 2009

In this paper, we provide an institutional interpretation of Schumpeter's analysis of money, banking and finance. This interpretation is founded on an overall investigation into Schumpeter's writings addressing those issues from different perspectives.In section 1, we discuss the widespread...

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La législation française en matière d'usure et le développement de l'accès au crédit des microentreprises

Attuel-Mendes, Laurence; Ashta, Arvind - HAL - 2007

crédit est plafonné par la législation. En parallèle, la croissance de la microfinance dans le monde a montré que les … techniques innovatrices peuvent augmenter la disponibilité de crédit, sans augmenter indûment le risque. Néanmoins, cette … croissance de l'accès au crédit peut ne pas se concrétiser si les taux de crédit restent plafonnés par des lois régissant l …

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The Effect of Nominal Exchange Rate Volatility on Real Macroeconomic Performance in the CEE Countries

Arratibel, Olga; Furceri, Davide; Martin, Reiner; … - HAL - 2011

real per output growth, excess credit, foreign direct investment (FDI) and the current account balance, in the Central and … credit. The results are economically and statistically significant, and robust. …

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