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agglomeration in one of the regions. We investigate two cases, one in which regions within countries are of di.erent sizes, and the …
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A partir de données exhaustives des recensements maliens de la population de 1976, 1987 et 1998, cette étude analyse le processus d’urbanisation et de spécialisation économique des 10 000 localités maliennes. Grâce à un travail d’appariement minutieux, rarement entrepris même dans...
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The paper presents a demo-economic model developed by Jean-Marie Cour, OECD-Club du Sahel. It is a prospective and spatial model of West African countries. The document does not present the results of the model, but examines its hypothesis and its equations witch are criticized.
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To what extent did the colonial public policy influence the current regional inequalities in the French- speaking West Africa? This paper uses the differences in development outcomes across the areas of the former French West Africa to show the existence of colonial long term effects on...
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Our study aims to measure the effects of spatial R&D spillovers on firms' patent production at the city level. We use an original method to estimate the spatial dimension of spillovers using count data. The method, based on a generalized cross entropy approach, allows us to test spatial...
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agglomeration of supply by studios due to release dates selected close to each other. To ensure the success of their films, movie … studios exploit peaks in demand. Such agglomeration increases seasonality and could lead studios to overestimate the true …
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The aim of this article is to show that firms choose temporal agglomeration (entering the market at the same time as … behaviours. More precisely, results show that a combination of factors lead to agglomeration of film release dates. Budgets … industry. More than a deliberate strategy, temporal agglomeration seems to emerge from complex interactions, increasing …
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In this article the authors examine the motivation behind the formation of risk pools. They do so by using as suitable study data survey information collected among the rural poor of the Philippines. They discuss the possibility that network formation comes as the result of an attempt to...
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This paper examines the evolution of wealth distribution in France during the urbanization process of the nineteenth century, based on a comprehensive dataset of individual inheritances. It presents a spatial decomposition between rural and urban areas, distinguishing Paris from the rest of...
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Given the low condom use and high prevalence in some African countries, this paper addresses the question of whether these evidences are driven by a supply-side or a demandside issue. The role of road infrastructures on HIV/AIDS outcomes is investigated using data from the Demographic and Health...
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