Nous proposons dans cet article d’étudier les effets de l’AFTA sur le commerce intra-zone de l’ASEAN par une analyse gravitationnelle en panel. Le modèle gravitationnel d’origine est enrichi des variables muettes « zone de libre-échange » qui captent, à la fois, les effets intra et...

Do good institutions foster trade? Many trade agreements, and notably those of the European Union, introduce institutional provisions in addition to strictly free-trade measures. In this article, we are interested in the influence of democracy and the fight against corruption on trade. We use a...

We analyze the integration of Brazilian states into domestic and foreign markets from the point of view of their supply conditions. The study period takes in the country’s fast liberalization process with its two sub-periods (1991 and 1997-99). We estimate the states’ domestic and foreign...

This paper intends to highlight the main characteristics of the exchange relationships between mass merchandisers and suppliers. It seems that the nature of the relationships depends on the nature of suppliers. Our examination reveals that four types of relationships can be distinguished. In...

While several culprits have been proposed to explain the current trade collapse (e.g. the credit crunch, global production chains, generalised loss of confidence), the great synchronisation underlying the collapse suggests that it is very probably their interaction, rather than each individual...

Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude concernant l’impact et les conséquences de l’euro sur les méthodes de gestion des entreprises exportatrices. L’élaboration d’un questionnaire et d’une fiche d’information par entreprise ont permis de constituer une première base...

This article adresses the issue of the economic irrationality, political unreasonableness, and social unsustenability of financial globalization. Firstly it tackles the reasons for breaking off with financial globalization that can be inferred from its self-referential functioning which has been...