problems and the development of the economics. A radically new way is proposed to solve them and remove this barrier. The way … aversion and other well-known fundamental problems. For a long time, this opinion was a barrier to proper solution of these …

, as information on real use of local land is lost in the process of calculation. This issuesare well known and are part of … ressources, the sustainability of its farming practices, and the quantity of local fertile land not yet used in a bioproductive … tells us nothing on their geographical origin and makes no distinction be-tween ecological ressources used from distant or …

practices in the urban public transport of passengers in France. The master thesis focuses in particular on the French … specificities, notably the allocation of the tactical responsibilities (service design and characteristics). It appears an … inadequation of the trends in France; more and more risks borne by the operators, and less and less of breathing space (contracts …

We consider commuting in a congested urban area. While an efficient time-varying toll may eliminate queuing, a toll may …-varying parking fee is charged at zero rate when there is queuing and eliminates queuing when the rate is non-zero. Within certain … charged travel when there is queuing. In some cases, interaction between morning and evening commutes can be exploited to …

This paper examines the role of location in the relationships established between headquarters and foreign subsidiaries …, and more specifically by the cultural, administrative, geographic and economic distance between the headquarters and …. The authors conducted 31 interviews with managers from both the headquarters and foreign subsidiaries. The findings of the …

We study the impact of local competition on assortments' attractiveness. The first aim of our paper is to provide a … simple and reproducible way to delineate a store trading area using widely available census data. The second aim is to … (namely price level and variety). We use spatial econometrics techniques (SAR model) in order to account for proximity between …

political benefits of a bailout and its relative cost as compared to a laissez-faire policy. If the fall in trade cost is so … firms. We develop a 2-country model of generalized oligopoly with heterogenous firms and trade costs. High-cost firms are … large that it allows high-cost firms to become exporters, governments might move away from a bailout policy to a laissez …

suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a variety of economic and social activities … and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper …, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. …

The 2007-2008 food crisis and current food price swings led economists to re-evaluate the potential for policy … tradition of public intervention, and by the persistence of highly volatile prices. The consistency of the policy use appears to … temporal relationship between the tariff level and the international price changes. To test the influence of policy consistency …

government is defined as a pair consisting of a winning coalition and a policy supported by this coalition, where a policy … allow the criteria to be of unequal importance to a party. These criteria concern winning coalitions and policy issues …. Parties may be advised to adjust their preferences, i.e., to change their evaluation concerning some government(s) or/and the …