Présentation des différentes logiques, formes et facteurs associés à la mondialisation des entreprises. Réponse aux questions sur le problème de la régulation de ce phénomène. Aborde également la question de l'efficacité des politiques publiques face aux délocalisations.

L'ouvrage présente des différentes logiques, formes et facteurs associés à la mondialisation des entreprises. Il fournit des réponses aux questions sur le problème de la régulation de ce phénomène. Aborde également la question de l'efficacité des politiques publiques face aux...

Clustering of economic performance and growth in space has generated considerable research on the spillovers and linkages among geographical neighbours. In this paper, we study the growth process of a large sample of Brazilian municipalities for the period 1970-1996 and attempt to evaluate the...

This article studies the location pattern of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexico for the period 1994–2004. An empirical model is specified based on recent FDI theories. This model is estimated using state-level data and employing spatial econometric techniques. Results suggest that...

We study a legislature where decisions are made by playing an agenda-setting game. Legislators are concerned about their electoral prospects but they are also genuinely concerned for the legislature to make the correct decision. We show that when ideological polarization is positive but not too...

This paper studies the reasons behind the export performance of different Mexican states from 1994 to 2002. Mexican exports are divided into two components: (1) foreign market potential; and (2) supply capacity. Results suggest that states that experience an increase in supply capacity are, in...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of inter-municipal cooperation on local taxation. Municipalities that join/create an inter-municipal jurisdiction choose between three tax regimes, which may induce both horizontal and vertical tax externalities. Using the differences in...

The purpose of this paper is to compare different forms of inter-municipal tax cooperation. We use a tax competition model in a two-tier framework, where the two tax bases are interdependently mobile. We consider three different tax regimes: tax-base sharing for the two tax bases, tax...