Within a 2 Country-4 Region setting we study the impact of a reduction in international transport costs over the localisation of firms inside countries.We find that even when countries are symmetrical, but as long as regions within countries are not entirely identical (whatever the differences),...

L’ouverture des économies ne s’est pas, dans tous les cas, accompagnée d’une intensification spontanée de la concurrence. Dans certains secteurs, l'ouverture commerciale a sans doute favorisé la concentration où l’apparition de nouveaux monopoles ou duopoles mondiaux. Loin...

MIRAGE is a multi-region, multi-sector computable general equilibrium model, devoted to trade policy analysis. It incorporates imperfect competition, product differentiation by variety and by quality, and foreign direct investment, in a sequential dynamic set-up where installed capital is...

In mid-2010, France will open market competition to online gambling and casinos. The market is opening as European law evolves and reacts to the growing number of illegal Internet sites. The ensuing new legal scope targets quality-based competition versus price-oriented competition, especially...

Obstacle historique au libre-échange, le protectionnisme est l'ensemble des mesures d'origine étatique qui consistent à limiter, à interdire, à contrôler ou à influencer les échanges internationaux. Il résulte par conséquent d'une contrainte publique interférant avec les processus...

Using a gravity model of trade, this paper examines the consequences on inter- national trade of the quality and the similarity of domestic institutions. We find an asymme- tric impact on trade of institutions quality. Our estimations show that a country exports all the more since the quality of...