This paper proves the existence of competitive equilibrium in a single-sector dynamic economy with heterogeneous agents, elastic labor supply and complete assets markets. The method of proof relies on some recent results concerning the existence of Lagrange multipliers in in nite dimensional...

Depuis leur création les pôles de compétitivité prennent une importance croissante dans les discours et les études des chercheurs, ils sont apparus comme un terrain d'étude pertinent et même la presse économique ou généraliste se fait quotidiennement l'écho des changements dans la...

L'objectif de cet article est de mieux comprendre les mécanismes de conduite du changement induit par un mégaprojet SI. En utilisant le contexte des Universités françaises - qualifiées d'organisations faiblement cou- plées, l'analyse qualitative d'un projet d'implantation d'un nouvel...

In July 2006, the IASB launched a comprehensive review of IAS 19, the main pronouncement relating to the accounting for defined pension obligations. As part of its systematic due process, the Board called for accounting practitioners to express their views on IAS 19. As such, the Discussion...

The firm's management in production is a critical, but unobserved input. Within a panel data framework, the firm's management and firm effects have to date been conflated. Exploiting variability in the managerial dimension, this paper identifies the firm's management from firm and time effects...

Depuis les années 1990, des auteurs affirment que les universités n'ont d'autre choix, pour faire face aux nouveaux enjeux de l'enseignement supérieur, que d'évoluer vers des formes d'organisation plus entrepreneuriales. Cette littérature normative nous dit très peu de choses sur les...

This paper develops a Schumpeterian approach to structural change, by grafting the role of business cycles and creative destruction into the growth retardation theory. The context of the empirical analysis is represented by the growth path of 20 Italian regions over the period 1981-2003, in the...

This paper investigates the diffusion of regional innovation capabilities within the manufacturing sector. The competence-based theory of the region allows for combining the Schumpeterian view upon innovation and business cycles and the growth poles theory. Innovation capabilities spread within...

Technological change is far from neutral. The empirical analysis of the rate and direction of technological change in a significant sample of 12 major OECD countries in the years 1970-2003 confirms the strong bias of new technologies. The paper implements a novel methodology to identify and...

This paper analyzes the difficulties of comparing the respective effectiveness of two among the most important liability regimes in tort law: rule of negligence and strict liability. Starting from the standard Shavellian unilateral accident scheme, I show that matching up liability regime on...