This note explores the link between the effort level to strengthen institutional quality and the nature of the fiscal policy game among interdependent economies plagued by corruption. Every country has a lower incentive to improve public governance when the effort made abroad to remedy...

This paper explores the role of corruption in a two-country model with fiscal spillovers. In the absence of cooperation on governance issues, countries always have a strategic incentive to appoint policymakers whose aversion to corruption is lower than average. An international agreement is a...

We explore the consequences of bad governance and corruption for public debt and welfare in a model of policymaking with time inconsistency. A decrease in institutional quality is supposed to adversely affect government revenue. The main point of this paper is that corruption can enhance welfare...

We present a dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin model to study structural change in a sustainability context. We show how resource rich economies maximising steady-state consumption should adopt different development strategies depending on the distribution of domestic wealth instruments (assets). Owing to...

Cet article propose une étude économétrique dans le cadre d’un modèle gravitationnel du lien entre les conditions sociales prévalant dans un pays et ses exportations. Il s’appuie sur un indicateur original de conditions sociales : le Responsible Competitiveness Index (RCI) calculé en...

By reducing financial constraints and income variability, remittances can increase educational attainment and thereby reduce child labor supply, in the context of imperfect financial markets. This paper aims to analyze the impact of remittances on child labor and educational outcomes in Niger....

Recently, Asian and Latin American countries have been involved in a series of negotiations to liberalize trade and investment flows. This paper analyzes the potential impact of a Free Trade Agreement between countries of both regions, applying a world dynamic general equilibrium model (MIRAGE)....

The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis on a panel of 18 French small businesses (from a specific region, the Aquitaine), the representation they have of the sustainable development, the territories and their relations with local administration. Through a textual analysis, we show...

Debate on the measurement of food inflation’s consequences on poverty is back since the recent surge in food prices at the end of 2010. This article provides a critical review of the literature that examines the different methods in assessing and estimating the impact of food price variability...