This article tackles one central issue in the regional science literature: the persistence of regional disparities in unemployment within national economies. Our approach is original as Okun's coefficients are estimated for each of the 22 administrative French regions over the period 1990-2008,...

Firstly, this paper aims at building a theoretical framework in order to explain opportunistic local public behaviors on the eve of elections. The resulting electoral cycle depends on the tax shape, the avalability to contract loans, and the shape of the demand for public goods. In particular,...

This article tackles one central issue in the regional science literature: the persistence of regional disparities in unemployment within national economies. Our approach is original as Okun's coefficients are estimated for each of the 22 administrative French regions over the period 1990-2008,...

Based on a detailed sample of time unbalanced panel data on residential water consumption in the French overseas territory of Réunion, we investigate which water price specification should be included in an econometric analysis of residential water demand. To identify the relevant price...

Using data from a household survey carried out in the French overseas territory of Réunion, we investigate the price of drinking-water perceived by households faced with an increasing, multi-step pricing scheme. To this purpose we use an improved version of the method introduced by Shin (1985)...

In many countries, studies give evidence of a complementary relationship between local spending at different levels. Allowing spatial heterogeneity in the demand behaviour, we show that the usual result of a systematic complementarity between the Municipal and the County spending decisions is...

We develop a conceptual framework designed to assess the impact of public incentives on the diffusion process of modern, water-saving irrigation technologies. Diffusion patterns of the integral sprinkler cover system in the sugarcane sector of Reunion Island (France) are estimated using a sample...

L'article présente et exploite une enquête réalisée auprès de 2000 ménages, par nos soins à la Réunion. L'objectif est d'analyser les comportements de consommation d'eau potable afin de réduire les excès de consommation domestique. On estime pour cela la fonction de demande d'eau. On...

L'article dresse un bilan de la littérature consacrée à la mise en évidence des comportements concurrentiels des gouvernements locaux de même échelon. Les travaux recensés s'articulent autour de deux axes principaux. Les premiers tests sont fondés sur les déterminants des choix de...