A two-country, two-period model of international migration highlights microeconomic foundations for examining the interrelation between brain drain, brain gain and the location of human capital formation, at home or abroad. Ex ante choices regarding where to study depend on relative qualities of...

Pour étudier les migrations internationales de travailleurs qualifiés, nous construisons un modèle à deux pays : pays d'origine et pays d'accueil. Un étudiant du pays d'origine peut soit entreprendre des études locales, soit aller étudier à l'étranger où il a par la suite une certaine...

A two-country model is proposed to examine the interrelation between the acquisition of human capital abroad and the international migration of skilled workers. Students in a domestic country face the choice of either studying and working at home, or undertaking studies abroad, offering variable...

[spa] PYMES y automatización : estudio econométrico, . por Bernard Franck y Olivier Gaussens.. . En el presente artículo se analiza la difusión de la automatización de la producción en las PYMES de la Región francesa de Baja Normandía. La difusión entre empresas se ve afectada...

A conceptual framework is proposed for analyzing how differences in national R&D stocks can impact on a firmÌs decision to internationalize its R&D activities. A central finding is that the integration of product markets can generate an added incentive to undertake R&D abroad. A three-stage...

We analyze the strategic use of the debt in a duopoly model of Cournot competition. We consider a two stage model where debt acts as a commitment variable and we characterize subgame perfect equilibria. We differ from several models based on the strategic value of the debt such as Wanzenried...

A conceptual framework is proposed for analyzing how differences in national R&D stocks can impact on a firm's decision to internationalize its R&D activities. A central finding is that the integration of product markets can generate an added incentive to undertake R&D abroad. A three-stage...