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Adherence to and effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment for HIV infection: assessing the bidirectional relationship
Lamiraud, Karine; Moatti, Jean-Paul; Raffi, François; … - HAL - 2011
It is well-established that high adherence to HAART is a major determinant of virological and immunological success. Furthermore, psycho-social research has identified a wide range of adherence factors. Our objective was to assess the bi-directional relationship between adherence and response to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651541
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A spatial econometric approach to spillover effects between protected areas and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
AMIN, Ariane Manuela; Choumert, Johanna; Motel, Pascale … - HAL - 2014
Protected areas are increasingly used as a tool to fight against deforestation. This paper presents new evidence on the spillover effects that occur in the decision to deforest and the creation of protected areas in local administrative entities in Brazilian Legal Amazon over the 2001-2011...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821131
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Performance in distribution systems : What is the influence of the upstream firm's organizational choices ?
Fadairo, Muriel; Lanchimba, Cintya - HAL - 2012
This paper studies the performance of distribution networks as the result of a range of organizational choices made by the upstream firm. The analytical part of the paper surveys the vast literature devoted to franchising and to dual distribution. From this framework, several testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821218
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Added worker effect revisited through the French working time reduction experiment
Bunel, Matthieu - HAL - 2002
This paper studies the impact of the French working time reduction experiment on the family labour supply. I expanded on the conventional added worker effect in order to analyse successively the effect of the ''35 hours'' on two dimensions of the spouse's labour supply: the probability to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790531
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LENGTH OF GP CONSULTATION WITHIN TWO PAYMENT SCHEMES
L'Haridon, Olivier; Panaponaris, Alain; Protopopescu, … - HAL - 2008
This article presents an adaptation of the labour supply model applied to the independent medical in which doctor's choice of the length of consultations is examined. A theoretical analysis is performed in an attempt to define the sets of constraints to which self-employed doctors are subject,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794071
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Board structure, Ownership structure, and Firm performance : Evidence from Banking
Belkhir, Mohamed - HAL - 2006
This paper examines the interrelations among five ownership and board characteristics in a sample of 260 bank and savings-and-loan holding companies. These governance characteristics, designed to reduce agency problems between shareholders and managers, are insider ownership, blockholder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794749
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Crop Insurance and Pesticides in French agriculture: an empirical analysis of multiple risks management
Chakir, Raja; Hardelin, Julien - HAL - 2010
This paper investigates the determinants of rapeseed hail insurance and chemical input decisions using individual panel data set of French farms covering the period from 1993 to 2004. Economic theory suggests that insurance and prevention decisions are not independent due to risk reduction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899653
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Energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Middle East and North African countries
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; M'Henni, Hatem - HAL - 2012
growth over the period 1981-2005. The econometric relationships derived in this paper suggest that future reductions in CO2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933128
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Energy use and Economic Growth in Africa: A Panel Granger-Causality Investigation
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; M'Henni, Hatem - HAL - 2014
We make use of a bootstrap panel analysis of causality between energy use and economic growth for a sample of sixteen … African countries over the period 1988-2010. Our results show that growth and energy use are strongly linked in Africa …. However, African countries are heterogeneous and there is no "one way" recommendation about energy-growth relationship that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933129
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Longevity, Pollution and Growth
Raffin, Natacha; Seegmuller, Thomas - HAL - 2012
We analyze the interplay between longevity, pollution and growth. We develop an OLG model where longevity, pollution … and growth are endogenous. The authorities may provide two types of public services, public health and environmental … maintenance, that participate to increase agents' life expectancy and to sustain growth in the long term. We show that global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933813