The economy, a Napoleonic passion? The question today is no longer in doubt. Creator of the Banque de France and the franc germinal, introducing new budgetary principles, Napoleon Bonaparte reorganized the monetary and financial system of our country. From money to industry, from economic...

The study examines the effect of financial crises on international trade with a gravity approach and a large data set covering almost 70 importing and 200 exporting countries from 1950 to 2009. Thus it is possible to put the "Great Trade Collapse" witnessed during the financial crisis 2008/2009,...