This paper compares Frances export performances to those of five similar exporting countries (Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan). The analysis is decomposed by geographical destination of the exports (44 partner countries) and by sector (12 industrial sectors). Trade flows are...

Do variations in labor market institutions across countries affect the cross-border organization of the firm? Using firm-level data on multinationals located in France, we show that multinational firms are more likely to import intermediate inputs from external independent suppliers instead of...

The research paper aims to emphasize the strategic importance of location decisions for retailers. So, the location decision is important because opening a business costs a lot of money; the retailer is committed to the location for a long period of time; competition is getting tougher and a good...

After ten years, the Mercosur seems to be the most successful integration process in Latin America. However, its development remains imperfect due to asymmetric situations between the countries. Brazil is the regional industrial block and the integration process would lead his partners to become...

GeoDist makes available the exhaustive set of gravity variables used in Mayer and Zignago (2005). GeoDist provides several geographical variables, in particular bilateral distances measured using citylevel data to assess the geographic distribution of population inside each nation. We have...

L’article montre qu’une politique d’amélioration des infrastructures d’une région pauvre permet de réduire l’inégalité spatiale mais peut aboutir à une géographie moins efficace et un taux de croissance plus faible. Les effets inverses sont obtenus pour une politique qui...

Nous analysons l’impact et les déterminants d’une taxe carbone globale dans une économie imparfaitement intégrée composée de pays de différente taille. A l’aide d’un modèle de commerce et de localisation, nous montrons tout d’abord que la concentration de firmes dans le pays...