The paper investigate the effects of knowledge on economic growth at the regional level Methodology approach: We elaborate a view on knowledge as the result of a combinatorial search activity and implement indicators synthesizing the network architecture of knowledge structure Findings:...

This paper elaborates a view on knowledge as a result of a combinatorial search activity, so as to investigate its effects on economic growth at the regional level. Empirical estimations corroborate the hypothesis that knowledge coherence and variety, besides the traditional measure of knowledge...

In the economic literature it is generally found that trade openness affects environment through various channels. While the mechanisms through which trade is associated with pollution are largely investigated theoretically and empirically, the role played by each trade component has not yet...

The Kyoto Protocol, which came in force in February 2005, allows countries to resort to «supplementary activities» consisting particularly in carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. Existing papers studying the optimal carbon sequestration recognize the importance of the temporality of...

L'étude de trajectoires historiques de 15 cas montre que la stratégie agricole est encore influencée par les références au modèle dominant qui conditionne la vision du dirigeant et la difficulté managériale des diversifications. On constate néanmoins que les entreprenants parviennent à...

L'accompagnement des néo-ruraux porteurs de projet est confronté à la double problématique de l'insertion sociale et culturelle, et de la réussite économique de la création d'activité. La plupart des dispositifs ne sont pas adaptés à une telle atypicité, mêlant un projet de vie à la...