We address the question of competition within the location choices of firms. In a framework of agglomeration effects, both spatial and temporal dimensions of the firms' decisions are studied. We show that the competition consequences of preemptive move and optimal time of entry can interfere...

Many recent works have shown the influence of borders in the international trade. Due to the existence of such borders, the flows between countries stay at a lower level than the intra-national trade. Using the border effects methodology, we study the regional integration of the Balkan countries...

The aim of this paper is to examine technology transfer through backward linkages between multinational enterprises and local suppliers. This issue is of great interest for several reasons. First of all, the new theory of economic growth suggests that technological innovations are becoming an...

L'influence des frontieres sur le commerce des pays peut etre apprehendee par la methodologie des effets-frontieres. L'application de cette approche aux echanges des pays de l'Europe du Sud-Est au cours de la periode 1993-1997 suggere l'existence d'un biais domestique eleve tant au sein du...