In the case of new technologies like nanotechnology, institutional entrepreneurs appear who have to act at different levels (organizational, regional, national) at the same time. We reconstruct, in some detail, the history of two cases, in Grenoble and in Twente/Netherlands. An intriguing...

This paper proposes the study of a special case of the model of the " basket of territorialized goods and services ", the Bresse (France). The agricultural dominating model, based on the modernization and the intensification of agriculture, coexists with many traditional productions. But the...

Based on the analysis of two clusters in nanotechnologies (MESA+ in the Netherlands and Minatec in Grenoble in France), the paper examines the emergence and effects of technological agglomeration. The social and technical arrangements of a regional centre for nanotechnology both enable and...

We consider the redistributive effects of privatizing a resource previously exploited under free access. We assume that illegal extraction is punished but that the sanction is bounded by individual's wealth. First, we show that a segment of intermediate-wea lth individuals is the most adversely...

With diminishing global water reserves the problem of water allocation becomes increasingly important. We consider the problem of efficiently sharing a river among a group of satiable countries. Inducing countries to efficiently cooperate requires monetary compensations via international...

Le recours aux instruments économiques de régulation environnementale est désormais largement mis en avant comme un moyen de corriger les effets négatifs d’externalités telles que le rejet d’émissions polluantes. Les travaux récents sur la question du choix entre les instruments font...

This paper contributes to the economic analysis of merger control by taking into account the efficiency gains for the design of structural merger remedies when the competition authorities do not observe the magnitude of efficiency gains. We show that whenever divestitures are necessary, the...

La régulation par une approche réglementaire mise en œuvre dans le bassin rhénan n'a pas apporté tous les résultats escomptés en matière de réduction des émissions azotées. En outre, il s'agit d'une approche dont la théorie économique nous enseigne qu'elle peut être relativement...

La compréhension de la régulation des émissions azotées dans le bassin d’un cours d’eau nécessite d'avoir une bonne connaissance des milieux naturels concernés, des processus hydrologiques, du cadre institutionnel de régulation et des sources à l'origine des émissions. L’objectif...

This paper proposes a common analysis for a large set of multilateral agreements that are used to collectively manage intellectual property in industries as different as biotechnologies or information technologies. It discusses how these agreements, based on existing intellectual property...